Comments on: ‘New’ Europe Outworks ‘Old’

By: Tlaloc

Tlaloc — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:50:02 +0000

This is mostly a function of affluence, of course, but also an indication of culture. It’s noteworthy, for example, that Estonians, who are at the bottom of the EU vacation scale, get twice the paid vacation time that Americans do.

We're number 133! We're number 133!

Doesn't quite have the same ring, huh?

By: Even Estonians get more vacation than Americans « FX Briefs

Even Estonians get more vacation than Americans « FX Briefs — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:09:21 +0000

[...] Even Estonians get more vacation than Americans Old Europe outworks New, but the US outworks them all... [...]

By: Cernig

Cernig — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:55:11 +0000

This is almost entirely a function of affluence. The hard right in old Europe has been yelling for a couple of years now about the new European immigrants, driven by poverty, who are "flooding" their countries and "taking all their jobs".

Regards, C