Correct. It's a natural consequence of increased per-hour productivity, as implied by the Linder Theorem. You could always slow down if you want to - but you wo

Correct. It's a natural consequence of increased per-hour productivity, as implied by the Linder Theorem. You could always slow down if you want to - but you won't want to. This is why you rarely hear about people moving from higher income to lower income countries. It's much rarer to meet someone who moved from the US to the EU than the other way around, and really rare outside of the big hitters (I'm the only resident American I know living in non-Helsinki Finland after 2 years here). Most people just don't want to pay the hidden price of a less frenzied life. https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2023/06/the-harried-leisure-class.html https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2023/06/th...