Why do we assume everyone should be working?
I was talking to a friend of mine and I asked this. She said “of course everyone should be working, I mean, I’d like to be able to buy more stuff” In that statement though there really is a non obvious implied logic. So the next question: does economics support that statement always? That if […]
Summary
The discussion challenges the common belief that everyone ought to be working, using a friend’s perspective to highlight the underlying economic assumptions. It raises questions about the relationship between work, consumerism, and economic theory.
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