Karen Selick - If I work 60 hours a week, for example, and I make m

If I work 60 hours a week, for example, and I make much more money than someone who works 40 hours a week, is my standard of living higher? I suppose it depends on your values. If I do not have time, because I work 60 hours a week, to spend time with my children, I may not consider myself to have a high standard of living.

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Karen Selick, Canadian Legal Columnist & Political Philosopher, Parliamentary Testimony, Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, Ottawa, April 28, 1998

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