One thing about EU vs US comparisons: EU is not a monolith, it is an organization with 28 different member countries. Some of EU members are on the same level

One thing about EU vs US comparisons: EU is not a monolith, it is an organization with 28 different member countries. Some of EU members are on the same level as US (e.g. GDP per capita is $51k for Netherlands, $48k Germany), and then there are poor, post-communist countries like Romania and Bulgaria which have GDP of $20k, which brings EU average down. Same goes for unemployment: Germany -> 3.9%, Netherlands -> 5.1%, Spain -> 18.75% Plus, there is no such thing as "European attitude towards the work", because Europe is very diverse in that regard.