Consider a Future City which is totally automated. On Future Cities and
Robot-for-President I have used the science fiction story of "Mars City" to
make the point. Mars City is first of all, totally automated. Then what is
GDP?
It is whatever you want to make it!
FWP.
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From: Franklin Wayne Poley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Franklin Wayne Poley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, September 30, 1999 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: workfare and GDP (fwd)
>Sure-I am saying it SHOULD be in GDP. For example what is the economic
>value of home-maker work?
>FWP.
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>Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 17:52:30 +0200
>From: Christoph Reuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Cc: Franklin Wayne Poley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: workfare and GDP
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>Franklin Wayne Poley replied:
> [FWP]
>> > > (2) What is the GDP contribution
>> > > of those welfare recipients before and after workfare? (ie the
volunteer
>> > > work done before workfare may exceed the forced work done after
workfare).
>> > [CR]
>> > I would estimate their GDP contribution is below 0.1%.
>> [FWP]
>> Well, being slightly smarter than the Easter Bunny I figure that the GDP
>> contribution of those on welfare doing homemaker/childcare work in their
>> own homes is far, far greater than 0.1%.
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>Since unpaid work is, by definition, NOT COUNTED in the GDP, and
>their homemaker work is basically unpaid, I wonder how its GDP contribution
>can be "far, far greater than 0.1%". Could you explain your estimate, FWP
?
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>Chris
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