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Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds (bloomberg.com)
Americans are addicted to their jobs. U.S. workers not only put in more hours than workers do almost anywhere else. They're also increasingly retiring later and taking fewer vacation days, reports Bloomberg. From the article: A new study tries to measure precisely how much more Americans work than Europeans do overall. The answer: The average person in Europe works 19 percent less than the average person in the U.S. That's about 258 fewer hours per year, or about an hour less each weekday. Another way to look at it: U.S. workers put in almost 25 percent more hours than Europeans. Hours worked vary a lot by country, according to the unpublished working paper by economists Alexander Bick of Arizona State University, Bettina Bruggemann of McMaster University in Ontario, and Nicola Fuchs-Schundeln of Goethe University Frankfurt. Swiss work habits are most similar to Americans', while Italians are the least likely to be at work, putting in 29 percent fewer hours per year than Americans do.
Keep telling yourself size doesn't matter.
Americans do work hard, you're right. And the productivity numbers are impressive, despite my best efforts to bring down the average.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Yes, but APART from single payer medicine, 4 or more weeks vacation, and an efficient mass transit system, what did the Romans do for us?
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Americans really don't know how good they have it.
Hey Dillweed, I'm gonna call you out on that. For one whole year I expect you NOT to call Americans arrogant. Who the bleep told you we don't know how good we have it?! Of all the anti-American nonsense I hear, this one just really stands out as being daft. Of all the things we're good at, knowing that we've got it better has got to be right up there at the top.
Even a random moron living in a trailer park with no health care can tell you they've got it better than some Frenchy socialist.