Labor and Work
purepedantry | June 21, 2007I always read these statistics comparing Americans' and Europeans' work schedules with a bit of skepticism. Most of them seem framed to suggest that Americans are either incapable of fun or under the Man's thumb -- neither of which I have found true in experience. Maybe it is just because I like my job, and I think that productive labor in a job that you enjoy is the root of lasting happiness.
Anyway, it turns out that Americans are by and large happy and on average happier than most European workers:
The truth is that most Americans don't feel particularly shackled. To begin with, an…