Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds

Re:Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds by fauigerzigerk on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @02:38PM (#12737374)

I agree completely. But doing something _only_ for the purpose of moving into a higher income bracket may indeed be pointless (or less desirable) in a more equal society.

In such a society, any meaningful definition of social mobility has to include more than just income percentiles.

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Re:Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds by fsloth on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @04:06PM (#12738169)

Personally, I would love to live in a communist society unless the workings of it were not proven completely impractical and incompatible with basic human instincts.

So, we probably need prices and actual money for resource optimization, with human-sized goals for individuals to aspire to. But how to optimize human condition is partly a separate question and requires placing some value on the life experiences of individuals disrespective of their economic status.

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