Working Too Much Seriously Harms Your Health: The American Example

Dialogues économiques
NOVEMBER 4, 2025
Why do Americans live shorter lives than Europeans, even though they spend far more on healthcare? This is the paradox explored by economists Tanguy Le Fur and Alain Trannoy, who ask: could working time be part of the explanation?
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