David Autor - The average worker in 2015 wanting to attain the average living standard in 1915 could...

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The average worker in 2015 wanting to attain the average living standard in 1915 could do so by working just 17 weeks a year, one third of the time. But most people don't choose to do that. They are willing to work hard to harvest the technological bounty that is available to them. Material abundance has never eliminated perceived scarcity.

David Autor

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Der durchschnittliche Arbeitnehmer im Jahr 2015, der im Jahr 1915 den durchschnittlichen Lebensstandard erreichen wollte, konnte dies tun, indem er 17 Wochen pro Jahr arbeitete, ein Drittel der Zeit. Aber die meisten Leute entscheiden sich nicht dafür. Sie sind bereit, hart dafür zu arbeiten, die ihnen zur Verfügung stehende technologische Prämie zu ernten. Die materielle Fülle hat die wahrgenommene Knappheit nie beseitigt.

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