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Letter: Letter

Published 10 October 1998

From Mike Cowley

Bennett Daviss tries to explain the “irrational” working hours of New York
taxi drivers in economic terms. But the reason they do not work longer on
profitable days is probably that they were knackered.

Job satisfaction did not seem to enter the equation. Not all people go to
work just to make a profit—apart, perhaps, from the economists.

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Issue no. 2155 published 10 October 1998

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