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Think life has gotten better generation over generation? The average American works more hours than a medieval peasant. | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 76008153  Canada05/08/2018 08:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Think life has gotten better generation over generation? The average American works more hours than a medieval peasant. Research from Juliet Schor, currently a Professor of Sociology at Boston College, from her text The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure, shows this isn’t the case. The average American worker in 1987 was working about 1,949 hours annually, while an adult male peasant in 13th-century U.K. racked up approximately 1620 yearly. Schor provides details in the text about how working hours have changed over centuries, and why. [link to www.theladders.com (secure)]  |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 76320237 Canada05/08/2018 09:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Think life has gotten better generation over generation? The average American works more hours than a medieval peasant. Research from Juliet Schor, currently a Professor of Sociology at Boston College, from her text The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure, shows this isn’t the case. The average American worker in 1987 was working about 1,949 hours annually, while an adult male peasant in 13th-century U.K. racked up approximately 1620 yearly. Schor provides details in the text about how working hours have changed over centuries, and why. Quoting: Wash 2.0 [link to www.theladders.com (secure)] Flipping back and forth between World of Warcraft and a spreadsheet at the office isn't really the equivalent of pulling stones out of a muddy field. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 70077538  United States05/08/2018 09:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Think life has gotten better generation over generation? The average American works more hours than a medieval peasant. Research from Juliet Schor, currently a Professor of Sociology at Boston College, from her text The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure, shows this isn’t the case. The average American worker in 1987 was working about 1,949 hours annually, while an adult male peasant in 13th-century U.K. racked up approximately 1620 yearly. Schor provides details in the text about how working hours have changed over centuries, and why. Quoting: Wash 2.0 [link to www.theladders.com (secure)] Flipping back and forth between World of Warcraft and a spreadsheet at the office isn't really the equivalent of pulling stones out of a muddy field. What I'd give to pull stones out of a muddy field! The work I do is far more physical than that and far more mentally taxing than flipping througj spread sheets. |
