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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
By Western World, you mean North Americans? Pretty sure they work pretty hard over in Europe. I know Asia doesn't count, but I would never want to work hours in Japan.
I think the US scores low on life expectancy because of health, not how hard they work.
And what do you define by long? 40 hrs a week?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_time
Europeans (on average) work much less than North Americans. For example, France has a mandatory 35 hour work week. A friend of mine is a physician in Italy, where he is not allowed to work more than 40 hours per week. Also, Europeans get a lot more vacation and stat holidays.