We’re Rich. So Why Do We Work Even Harder?

“That the wealthiest countries in the history of the world have sustainedmanic work regimes has puzzled thinkers for more than a century. Whycould we not limit work to, say, three hours a day—the figure favored bywriters as divergent as John Maynard Keynes and the revolutionaryjournalist Paul Lafargue?” – The Point