[OscarCunningham]

The PPP median income of the US is 36% higher than Germany. If they want 30% fewer working hours then they can have it now, and 6% left over.

[Workaccount2]

German economic growth has been shrinking for decades and is now in decline (negative growth). Meanwhile the US has been chugging along at a steady 2-3% for that same time period.

Ironically, PPP is exactly the kind of myopic metric Germany would use to self-access right now.