Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds

Re:Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds by pc86 on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @11:05AM (#12735130)

> the majority is less rich in standard of living than most western European and nordic countries

Blatantly false (see the other comment re: GDP). With a few exceptions[0], the US is very close to the top in terms of overall standard of living.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi...

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Re:Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds by coldtea on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @05:08AM (#12742261)

First of all, GDP and GDP per capita != standard of living.

Even regarding GDP per capita, most the "few exceptions" you mention that trump the US are western European and nordic countries with the exception of #4 Qatar.

  1      Luxembourg	102,717
  2	 Switzerland	80,603
  3	 Norway	74,598
  5	 Ireland	61,206

  6	 United States	56,084 <---

  7	 Singapore	52,888
  8	 Denmark	52,139
  9	 Australia	51,181
  10	 Iceland	50,277
  11	 Sweden	        50,050

And don't think that a 10% change in GDP per capita (like e.g. from USA to Sweden) means much in terms of standards of living -- there's the distribution of this GDP, the organization of everyday life, work standards, state services, etc.

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