2008-04-19 South Korean workers on edge of burnout

2008-04-19 \South Korea\modern serfdom\Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-economy19apr19,1,4752257.story South Korean workers on edge of burnout &ldquo;The situation leaves South Koreans poised on the fringes of a collective burnout, a national state of stress and grumpiness that could complicate new President Lee Myung-bak's contention that they all should work harder to reboot a sluggish economy. ... Lee revels in his biography as a self-made man, a scrapper who lifted himself from a street peddler to the role of chief executive of Hyundai Construction, one of the country's fabled family-owned conglomerates, or chaebol. .. "The young generation must work harder to develop themselves," he said in his February inaugural address. "Teachers must teach their students even more earnestly," and "business leaders and workers must be more ambitious." ... South Korea also has the highest suicide rate in the organization's study.&rdquo; Is this the model for what is being done to the {{USA (and perhaps other countries) now? When people are extremely productive and yet seem to have no time for leisure despite being overworked, you have to wonder who is getting the reward. In a global economy, it certainly can't be due to local scarceness.  {{:project:code/show/link}} 