True if you are looking at this from the employers view. But as an employee, They'll be less productive in their lives if they require a hour commute to produce 10 hours of work compared to if they didn't.
No totally. But even from your own perspective, the output of your day is the same, you're being paid the same, which means to the economy you're also the same. So the title of the article is a bit ridiculous. Formatting the title of the article as a question makes it okay?