When the economy is booming, 401(k) plan asset values soar, making people spend more and work less.

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Some in the tourism industry see in the bridge ban an unwise attempt to appease European leaders demanding that Spaniards work more and spend less amid various economic reforms.

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The Kunskapsporten allows each student to work at his own level, and spend less or more time on each subject, depending on his strengths and weakness.

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She said that researchers needed to spend "more time on work and less time on administration".

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Does this mean I should spend more time in bars and less time at work to optimize my happiness?

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You know, everything from more money to more servants, to a swimming pool, great local work culture, food, work life balance, traveling more, feeling welcome at work and to having your kids play more sports, eat less junk food, spend more time with you, fit in and learn a new language?

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