LOL, That makes perfect sense he is a German!!!! Where economist count work hours as they would count beans.
He/she may be German, but from the personal page this political stance could be called middle-earth, sustainability-EUer, leaning towards Peacenik. But we should remember, this stance is probably considered Right of Center or even hard-Right in the EU/UN world. OTOH, to US Conservatives this sounds more like watered down Marxism with a nice bottle of Envirope.