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• ‟ If I care for an elderly relative without payment, it is not work, is not counted in national income, and, as it is not labour, is not counted as work. Should my neighbour pay me to do precisely the same tasks, it would contribute to economic growth.

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• ‟ A person looking after a frail former lover is not working and not contributing to economic growth. But if he or she stopped, the state would probably have to take over, thereby adding to growth. So, to increase growth, we should stop looking after our loved ones. Could anybody explain to a passing Martian how this makes sense?

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• ‟ Think how modern economics presents work. Only labour that contributes to growth counts.

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• ‟ Growth in village economies is often ignored. It should not be.

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• ‟ Workfare will merely accentuate the growth of the low-paying, insecure labour market.

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