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Is there an optimal length of working week? If you’re yearning for an end-of-year break, your ideal number of hours might be shrinking fast. Bartleby, in his latest column, finds that the answer depends on where you’re from and
what kind of manager you are.
One place with a reputation for a more relaxed approach to work is southern Europe. But perhaps this is unfair. For the past five years we have crowned an “economy of the year”, ranking 36 mostly rich countries according to five indicators. The past three years’ winners were Spain, Greece and Greece again. This year, another southern European country has
taken the top spot,
while northern neighbours languish at the bottom. | 
