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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Greek Debt Crisis: Don't Blame Laziness. Greeks Work Longest Hours In Europe, Far More Than French Or Germans

As the world watches to see who blinks on the Greek debt debacle, it's worth noting one thing that is most definitely not behind the crisis: the working hours of the nation's everyday citizens. As our partner Statista pointed out earlier this year, "data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development shows that workers in Greece put in an average weekly shift of 42 hours, even more than Germans who only manage 35.3. Some experts claim this is due to the nature of the work in Greece – people put in long hours in the agricultural sector and shops that stay open late. It does not necessarily have anything to do with efficiency."


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