ApocaDocs: Economist advocates working less to alleviate global warming, US should adopt European approach to productivity

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Posted Tue Feb 5 2013: from The Daily Caller:


	Economist advocates working less to alleviate global warming, US should adopt European approach to productivity http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1360096152 A Center for Economic Policy Research paper released Monday claims that reducing work hours could result in a significant reduction of greenhouse gases, and with it Global Warming. "The calculation is simple: fewer work hours means less carbon emissions, which means less global warming, the paper's author CEPR's David Rosnick explained.... "For many years, European countries have been reducing work hours -- including by taking more holidays, vacation, and leave -- while the United States has gone the route of increased production."

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'Doc Michael says:

I've been working on my lack of productivity for years.