Overwork as a choice
Back in 1930, the economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that with technological change and improvements in productivity, we’d only be working 15 hours a week by now. But while working hours have declined by 26 percent, most of us still average 42.5 hours a week, according to Eurostat figures.
One of the things Keynes underestimated is the human desire to compete with our peers – a drive that makes most of us work more than we need to.
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