Demonstration of the inter-union against the plan of reform of the pensions of the government place of the Opera. Francois BOUCHON / Le Figaro
THE CHEKING PROCESS – A sociologist recently affirmed that a Frenchman works 70,000 hours out of a lifetime of 700,000, compared to 120,000 and 500,000 in 1945. But are the conditions still in place to continue this movement?
The debates on the postponement of the retirement age have at least the merit of raising quasi-philosophical questions about existence, its duration and its meaning. On the importance we give to work and leisure. To live is to choose. “Today, out of 700,000 hours of life expectancy, we work 70,000 hours. In 1945, it was 120,000 hours of work over a life of 500,000 hours. We are in a leisure society. affirmed on France 2 last week Jean Viard, very media sociologist of the CEVIPOF, particularly appreciated by the public radio and television channels for his good nature and his conviviality. Talk about “hobbiesis obviously more positive than consideringthe big lazyof the French, which pollster Jérôme Fourquet of Ifop thought he had recently perceived, diagnosing “a loss of the centrality of work” among our compatriots.
Quantifying life in number of hours is not necessarily very meaningful… Let’s translate: 700,000 hours equals 80…
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