The average weekly hours of US employees is ~34 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/AWHAETP https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/AWHAETP "Only" 5.2% of US job hol

The average weekly hours of US employees is ~34 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/AWHAETP https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/AWHAETP "Only" 5.2% of US job holders hold more than one job https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat36.htm https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat36.htm If you want to argue that this doesn't add up with "The overwhelming majority of people who work around 40 hours a week have plenty of free time." then please provide sourced numbers rather than baseless internet doomerism. Oh and I'll add that the average commute time in the US is among the shortest in the OECD, since the long commute boogeyman always end up popping up in these discussions.