Work
in the News
New
York Times, July 7, 2004
"We have created a
leisure society, while the Americans have created a work
society," said Klaus F. Zimmermann, the president
of the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin.
"But our model does not work anymore. We are in the
process of rethinking it."
SOURCE:
"Europe
Reluctantly Deciding It Has Less Time For Time Off,"
Mark Landler, New York Times, World Business,
July 7, 2004.
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