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Rutger van der Hoeven

Rutger van der Hoeven is a journalist for Dutch weekly De Groene Amsterdammerand teaches history at the University of Utrecht.

Updated: 18 January 2017

By Rutger van der Hoeven

Job market: Those work-shy Europeans

Long holidays, short working weeks, early retirement: in the US, Europeans have a reputation for being allergic to work. Nothing could be further from the truth, declares the Groene Amsterdammer, though if we want to keep our social benefits we will have to knuckle down.

19 July 2010 – De Groene Amsterdammer (Amsterdam)