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Re:As child care costs soar, more parents may have to exit t... by andrei_says_ on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @11:36PM (#38108698)
The way the economy measures value is limited, manipulative, idiotic, and destructive.

I’d argue that the teaching of modern economics spreads a mindset that is a major contributing force to indescribable amount of unnecessary suffering and the destruction of our biosphere.

One of the healthier economic models is the Doughnut economics model.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doughnut_(economic_model)

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Re:As child care costs soar, more parents may have to exit t... by smac__ on Thursday November 02, 2023 @07:48AM (#38112123)
Focusing on the multiple goals and limits seems like a much better way to measure the health of economies (or large systems). Is there any country that uses this model, or a similar one, as their main basis for measurement?
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Re:As child care costs soar, more parents may have to exit t... by LudwigNagasena on Thursday November 02, 2023 @08:15AM (#38112434)
No country uses a single measurement.
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