{"podcast":{"title":"Reuters Econ World","slug":"reuters-econ-world-6911110","podcast_index_feed_id":6911110,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/reuterseconworld","website_url":"https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3c37d102-0c70-11ef-9f2a-d3c80df1fc79/image/c9360d8be1b1cb6acd89a3d51bf8381c.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Reuters","episode_count":91,"summary":"Join Reuters journalist Carmel Crimmins every week as she and her guests pick apart a key economic principle behind the world’s news. Get beyond buzzwords and technical terms to understand the ideas and debates shaping the global economic agenda.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reuters-econ-world-6911110"},"episode":{"title":"Inside Europe’s shortest workweek","slug":"inside-europe-s-shortest-workweek","published_at":"2026-05-20T12:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reuters-econ-world-6911110/inside-europe-s-shortest-workweek","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reuters-econ-world-6911110","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/THRH1267352806.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/THRH1267352806.mp3","summary":"People in the Netherlands on average spend less time working than any other advanced country - just 32 hours a week. Could the rest of the world follow their lead? On this week’s episode of Econ World, guest host Ethan Plotkin meets workers in Amsterdam who have Fridays off and speaks with the chief economist at the Dutch Statistics Office to hear how shorter work hours are impacting the economy. Sign up for the ⁠Reuters Econ World ⁠⁠⁠newsletter⁠⁠⁠ Catch Reuters Morning Bid ⁠here⁠ For information on our privacy and data protection practices visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Further listening Labor market limbo Interview with European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane Live podcast: The affordability gap Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"People in the Netherlands on average spend less time working than any other advanced country - just 32 hours a week. Could the rest of the world follow th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2190,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/reuters-econ-world-6911110/episodes/inside-europe-s-shortest-workweek/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reuters-econ-world-6911110/inside-europe-s-shortest-workweek.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}