Leisure time in OECD countries

[LastVoter]

http://www.oecd.org/berlin/42675407.pdf

[© tweed]

http://www.marxists.org/archive/lafargue/1883/lazy/

[Kitteh]

http://www.marxists.org/archive/lafargue/1883/lazy/

This, and also

http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html

One of my favorite paragraphs ever:

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[opebo]

http://www.oecd.org/berlin/42675407.pdf

So once again we are met with the incontrovertible truth - France is the Best Country, with Belgium a close second.  Everywhere else is rather sh**tty.

[politicus]

http://www.oecd.org/berlin/42675407.pdf

So once again we are met with the incontrovertible truth - France is the Best Country, with Belgium a close second.  Everywhere else is rather sh**tty.

Norwegians work the least - 1290 hours - and the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden are also below France.

[TNF]

http://www.oecd.org/berlin/42675407.pdf

So once again we are met with the incontrovertible truth - France is the Best Country, with Belgium a close second.  Everywhere else is rather sh**tty.

Norwegians work the least - 1290 hours - and the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden are also below France.

Who works the least but gets paid the most? That sounds ideal.

[politicus]

http://www.oecd.org/berlin/42675407.pdf

So once again we are met with the incontrovertible truth - France is the Best Country, with Belgium a close second.  Everywhere else is rather sh**tty.

Norwegians work the least - 1290 hours - and the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden are also below France.

Who works the least but gets paid the most? That sounds ideal.

Also Norwegians, but its a pricy country. Dunno who it would be if you are going by purchasing power. 

[opebo]

http://www.oecd.org/berlin/42675407.pdf

So once again we are met with the incontrovertible truth - France is the Best Country, with Belgium a close second.  Everywhere else is rather sh**tty.

Norwegians work the least - 1290 hours - and the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden are also below France.

Yeah I didn't examine it closely.  So, we can say that it tolerable to be a toiler in: France, Benelux, and most of Scandinavia, and sh**tty everywhere else.  Hardly news.

[Linus Van Pelt]

The US really stands out as a weird case, given that in the rest of the list the countries that work longer tend to be the poorer ones. The western countries where the average employed person works over 1750 hours per year are the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland and the US.

[Ban my account ffs!]

Gotta love that Puritan work ethic!  Though I think it will change dramatically as today's teens and 20-somethings gain political power.

We are definitely a "work to live" generation compared to the "live to work" generation of our parents.

[LastVoter]

Gotta love that Puritan work ethic!  Though I think it will change dramatically as today's teens and 20-somethings gain political power.

We are definitely a "work to live" generation compared to the "live to work" generation of our parents.

I doubt it. I suggest emigration to better places, or at least Canada.

[Kitteh]

Gotta love that Puritan work ethic!  Though I think it will change dramatically as today's teens and 20-somethings gain political power.

We are definitely a "work to live" generation compared to the "live to work" generation of our parents.

Part of this undoubtedly has to do with the fact that many of us can't work even if we wanted to.

Still, I like this option best:

I suggest emigration to better places, or at least Canada.