Countries with a long average working time are more economically successful than those countries which do not have a long working time. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

It is argued that countries with long average working

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are more likely to be richer than those which do not work for long hours arduously. From my perspective, I'm not convinced by

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statement, because it really depends on what

type the

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type, the

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is, and

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the average working

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may be influenced by the peak

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in a

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.

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of all, the history and degree of development of a

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should be taken into consideration. Some developed countries where people are living a

leisure

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life and do not work strenuously are in fact richer than developing

coutries

a politically organized body of people under a single government

countries

. Because they have finished the accumulation of wealth in the past, which means they have already past the stage of earning more money and build up the fortune, to the point that they become a civilized welfare society now. Another notable point is, speaking of 'long average working

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', the 'average' working

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is influenced by peak

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, bottom

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, etc.

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, a

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's average working hours is determined by working hours in different regions within the

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. To be exact, the average working hours of some poor/rural/less urbanized countries could be more likely to be less than that of the

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. One clear example is the US, where people in the rural areas

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which accounted for a large portion in terms of both land area and population) in the south are living a leisure, rural life while those in metropolises like New York or Los Angeles are busy working day to day.

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The shortest

average working

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in the US may

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be pulled up by the low values of the rural areas with a large population, while as everyone knows the US is an economically successful

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Therefore it

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Therefore, it

is not objective and fair to attribute economic success to average working

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. In conclusion, it is impartial to ascribe a nation's economic success or prosperity to average working

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. There is no direct link between the two, due to many factors like degree of development and the definition of AVERAGE

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