[romerocarlos]

Americans. If Europeans worked the same hours as Americans, the EU's GDP per capita would be close to the heels of that of the US.

[anotherhue]

You may be interested in this chart from an earlier post today

https://klinger.io/images/eu-acc-work-times-1024w.png

TLDR: America is about the median hours worked.

[thefz]

I can confirm that Italy has a tradition of working long hours in the tertiary.

[berkes]

> "The facts suggest otherwise. The US has a higher government debt-to-GDP ratio than almost all European countries: 123 per cent, nearly double that of work-shy Germany, and triple Norway, Sweden and Denmark, reports the IMF."