A 40-hour work week in 1950 = 11 hours of work in 2015

Take a look at this chart; I got it from here:

Here's the basic way to read that: a 40-hour/week worker in 1950 (far left of the chart) is essentially equivalent to an 11-hour/week worker in 2015. Phrased in a more logical way, it takes an average person about 11 hours/week to do what a post-WW2 worker took a full work week to do. This shouldn't necessar…