> hardest working individuals Germany is somewhat on the low side in terms of work hours[1]. Their economic gains are from a rather complicated history. I don

> hardest working individuals Germany is somewhat on the low side in terms of work hours[1]. Their economic gains are from a rather complicated history. I don't mean to insult Germany - I think their ranking here is actually a good thing. I'm glad they have found a way to keep work from taking over their lives. > the only country in Europe who are capable of sustaining themselves. That would be because of the insane class-specific "put option" we call the Euro that was really a disguised bank bailout. German economic policy (be a competitive net-exporter) isn't possible is everyone tries to do it. For a much better explanation why Europe is screwed economically, see Mark Blyth's (prof. econ. at Brown) talks[2] on the subject, which is much better than my rushed explanation. [1] http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=ANHRS http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=ANHRS [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6vV8_uQmxs#t=673 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6vV8_uQmxs#t=673 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in5M65566iw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in5M65566iw