Kay :heart_bi: :tinoflag:@FantasticalEconomics @jackofalltrades Years back NZ feminist economist Marilyn Waring pointed out how narrow antiquated views on productivity measured only by GDP are.
When a woman is giving birth, the work of a doctor or nurse or midwife is counted but the mother's labour(ing) is ignored because no one has put a dollar value on it.
If a company pollutes waters or land, their sales efforts are "productive" but their destructive harms to the environment don't count.
https://www.ted.com/talks/marilyn_waring_the_unpaid_work_that_gdp_ignores_and_why_it_really_counts?language=en
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