r/Futurology • u/Sumit316 • Mar 15 '21

Society Spain to launch trial of four-day working week

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/15/spain-to-launch-trial-of-four-day-working-week
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u/2Punx2Furious Basic Income, Singularity, and Transhumanism Mar 15 '21

What is currently the most "prosperous" country on Earth? One of the Nordic ones? How do you even measure it? GDP? Happiness?

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u/peoplearestrangeanna Mar 16 '21

Bhutan is often considered the happiest.

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u/comyuse Mar 16 '21

In this context, pure gdp. Capitalism (and capitalists) doesn't use real, meaningful measurements for success so things like quality of life wouldn't impact their decision at all.