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In a sense, America is a giant Ponzi scheme. We're in the middle of a long, slow currency bubble and drenched in the spoils of centuries of imperial expansion..
by grandalf 15y ago
In a sense, America is a giant Ponzi scheme. We're in the middle of a long, slow currency bubble and drenched in the spoils of centuries of imperial expansion... at present, the average American adult works less than four hours per day and has inferior work ethic and basic education than an increasing percentage of the citizens of the third world, most of whom are ruled by corrupt despots installed by the US.
- william42 15y agoWhere'd you get this «less than four hours per day» thing?
- grandalf 15y agohttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/24/americans-work-less-than-four-hours_n_884037.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/24/americans-work-less...
- mmatants 15y agoThe "four hours a day" figure cannot be construed as evidence of laziness. The article states that that average includes the unemployed or part-time workers. In fact, same article mentions a 7.5 hour average when only working days are counted.
- m3koval 15y agoThat's four hours per day averaged over the entire study. These statistics are more telling: "Employed persons worked an average of 7.5 hours on the days they worked. More hours were worked, on average, on weekdays than on weekend days--7.9 hours compared with 5.5 hours." This about matches what you would expect for full-time employees. I'm not sure how this can be construed as laziness. In fact, there are several studies that show the exact opposite: Americans working more hours than most other first-world countries. I do not have links handy, but I believe one was posted on HN a few months ago. Source: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.nr0.htm http://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.nr0.htm