"If hard work would increase your output, you would expect the US to be at the top of the list." Ceteris paribus, but ceteris are not paribus. Additionally, n

"If hard work would increase your output, you would expect the US to be at the top of the list." Ceteris paribus, but ceteris are not paribus. Additionally, nominal GDP per capita is a pretty horrible way of measuring worker output; are Norwegians nearly twice as productive as Swedes, or do they live next to a gigantic source of oil?