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Re:Spaniards are less productive, constantly tired: Spain is... by moocowduckquack on Sunday September 29, 2013 @01:00PM (#6465717)
Spain has a higher productivity per employed worker than Germany, however since the collapse of the construction industry they have rampant unemployment. The Spanish are not lazy, although your argument certainly is.

http://rwer.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/southern-european-worke...

http://rwer.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/jobs-and-productivity-i...

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Re:Spaniards are less productive, constantly tired: Spain is... by acchow on Sunday September 29, 2013 @01:07PM (#6465741)
The productivity is measured in an abstract unit (currency), not the actual quality and quantity of product - thus it is open to distortions (such as abnormally high foreign investment).
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Re:Spaniards are less productive, constantly tired: Spain is... by moocowduckquack on Sunday September 29, 2013 @02:10PM (#6465977)
Fair enough.

If we ignore the numbers and just look at the situation a little more generally then, Spain has gone through a massive construction boom that was typified by speculative overbuilding, which is part of the current problem now that too much has been built and the real estate prices have collapsed.

Building far too much is not often associated with lazyness on the part of the workforce.

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