Hours of labour have declined significantly since the middle of the 19th century, with workers in advanced industrial countries spending far fewer hours per year in a given place of work than they did formerly.

自 19 世纪中叶以来， 工作时间大幅减少，发达工业国家的工人每年在特定工作地点花费的时间比以前少得多。

At the other end of the spectrum, protesters see globalization in a very different light than the treasury secretary of the United States, or the finance or trade ministers of most of the advanced industrial countries.

另一方面，抗议者对全球化的看法与美国财政部长或大多数先进工业国家的财政部长或贸易部长截然不同。