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Re:The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the U... by davnn on Sunday April 11, 2021 @04:56AM (#26768694)
Sounds pretty unrealistic, what country do you live in?
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Re:The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the U... by AussieWog93 on Sunday April 11, 2021 @05:20AM (#26768833)
He's arguing they're poorer than the average software engineer, not poorer than a factory worker. I'd put my money on Eastern Europe or South America.
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Re:The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the U... by artem247 on Sunday April 11, 2021 @07:33AM (#26769550)
To put it into context, no, these people make around the same as factory worker. Work conditions would be much nicer, still. Schoolteachers are considered 'poor' by other Ukrainians (who are not too well-off themselves) compared to other occupations without taking into account SW jobs and anything like that.
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Re:The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the U... by ido on Sunday April 11, 2021 @07:17AM (#26769464)
Maybe also south or south-east asia (aside from the asian tiger)?
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Re:The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the U... by artem247 on Sunday April 11, 2021 @07:29AM (#26769532)
Ukraine. I think it would similar in other post-socialist states where transition to market economy was not a big success. I would put Moldova, Armenia in the same ballpark, maybe certain poorer Central Asia states like Uzbekistan but I'm not 100% sure.
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