Original upload date: Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 01:39:07 GMT
The world says Alex is lazy... but is he really?
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(Subtitles of this video available in Greek, French, German, Polish, Spanish, Dutch and Russian!)
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Sources for statistics mentioned in the video:
"Europa works hard... but Alex actually works two hours a week more":
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&plugin=1&language=en&pcode=tps00071
"Europa gets two days more annual holiday than Alex does"
http://eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn1204022s/tn1204022s.htm#hd6
"And she will retire three years before Alex will":
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Sustainable_development_-_Demographic_changes#Retirement_age / http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/09/20/uk-greece-austerity-troika-idUKBRE88J0Z720120920
"Alex gets paid a third less than Europa"
http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=earn_nt_net&lang=en
"Yet things cost the same for both of them"
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php?title=File:Comparative_price_levels,_2001-2011_(1)_(final_consumption_by_private_households_including_indirect_taxes,_EU-27%3D100).png&filetimestamp=20121022145649
