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I was curious about your claim, but looking at GDP/hour, it doesn't appear true:

http://www.conference-board.org/economics/downloads/Producti... (page 18)

What studies are you basing your claim off of?

That's not really true, as the previous response pointed out. Additionally, you have to account for unemployment levels. In some other countries, the less productive workers are more likely to be on the dole and so not producing anything at all. This makes productivity numbers look better since it's only the most productive workers actually producing. But those countries are worse off for it.

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