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"The research, carried out by think tank the New Economics Foundation, says hospital cleaners create
Do you have a link to the study (I couldn't find it on their website, maybe I just suck at searching)? Although I don't doubt bankers arguably create more bads than goods in the current system (FRBs, fiat money ladida you know the rant), I doubt their methodology for measuring "real" value is sound.
What do they mean by 'create value'? How on earth are they measuring this, and what is the basis of their measurement?
If there was ever an article that needed a source link, this one is it. The article doesn't really do anything in terms of giving insights of the study other than apparently jobs that focus on improving health or encourage tax revenue to the government are beneficial to society and jobs that are detrimental to one's own health or are paid too much are destructive to society.
I would guess that if you are a proponent of a strong centralized government then you'd likely agree with this article.
Yesterday there was an interview of a top business consultant
Wold you be able to share the link to that? I would be interested to read it.
In all this talk nobody ever seems to consider how much non-paid work people (like me) do. That sort of thing is hard to account for, it but I know I spend probably as much time or more doing non-paid and volunteer work as paid work, which makes the concept of a 21- (or 25-) hour work week a bit laughable to me. (Also, I need a vacation.)
And would you truly, truly HONESTLY be willing to pay someone just as much to, for example, wash your dishes, as you would be willing to pay someone to operate on your brain or do something highly skilled and crucial to you, which you can in no way do for yourself? (Really -- I'd like to know? Would you? Because that is integral to something's value, however we define "value".)
There's also an old saying: "Something is only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it." And I think that is oftentimes true, but not always. It's like this study is saying that things are not necessarily worth what people are willing to pay for them. So we're not really talking about money, even though we are, we're really talking about people, aren't we?
Shoot. I really wanted to hear it. Oh, well. (Although, now I am wondering just how exotic exactly was the language? Klingon?)it was a radio interview in a funky exotic language.. ;D
I totally agree! The executives would probably just enjoy the spanking, however, so it would probably be more effective to simply ban their access to your kids' minds.I'd pay more to the person operating my brain. But I wouldn't pay much to someone employing cutting edge psychological tactics to make my kids want to drink some soda that's going to be harmful to their health. to those guys I'd be tempted to give a spanking even though I'm a firm believer in non-violence... ;D
It didn't irk you to write the emboldened part? You probably meant "The services people provide"... Besides, using equivalence of values is wrongheaded in exchanges: if I give you A in exchange for B, this means I prefer having B rather than A and it is therefore more valuable to me than A.People are worth the smallest amount they are willing to be paid, and products are worth whatever people will pay for them. that's just the simple fact of the matter. If the amount of money paid wasn't worth it to that person they wouldn't take the job.
Almost... ;DShoot. I really wanted to hear it. Oh, well. (Although, now I am wondering just how exotic exactly was the language? Klingon?)
I know...It's just that Antarctica doesn't really have good schools and It's illegal to raise them in a barrel. All joking aside. There's really no way I can do that without moving to the countryside where there's still more room for kids to be just kids without the pressures of getting this or that thing that's the latest trend, but truthfully there really are no jobs there, so we'd have to really research what would sustain us as a family.I totally agree! The executives would probably just enjoy the spanking, however, so it would probably be more effective to simply ban their access to your kids' minds.