[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

less working time means more leisure time, which means people have more opportunity to spend money, which means they need to earn more money which means they need to work more hours which means .....

We can extrapolate that in the opposite direction too. People don't have enough money to live which means they should work more so they'll have less leisure time to spend money, which means... That reasoning is far too simplistic.