I'm more motivated to finish PM Carney's book, "Value(s): Building a better world for all", and came across this section:

❝An advantage of the subjective approach to value is that it is neutral. Everything that is priced can be compared by means of a common, widely available standard, the market price. But from the perspective of welfare, it creates several issues.

First, whereas economic infrastructure and economic capital are usually priced, social infrastructure, social capital and natural capital generally are not. This can lead to underinvestment in what matters for wellbeing. In standard GDP accounting, government contributes no value added beyond public sector salaries. Measurement of (unpriced) outputs would better reflect both living standards and economic per-formance. What captures performance during the crisis? A healthcare worker's salary or their heroic efforts at saving lives?❞

So we know he at least understands the problem. #CanPoli #CdnPoli

@dan613 Yes! Bought his book last week. Fun first few chapters reliving Economics 101 from my B.Comm days. The more one reads, the more one appreciates that he has a balanced view of the need for free markets, but well regulated ones, so markets work towards the common good. Although we need #Canadians to vote for that vision, so no #Canadian is left behind, and so all of us can reach our full potential.

@dan613

In a completely different vein but actually the same topic, is housing.

The number one way to reduce wages is to just provide them all with housing. And many, many corporations have gone this route over the years, and made their worker's lives miserable and short.

Yet governments go chasing after industry with promises of no taxes, rather than promises of happy, skilled, **and housed** labour.

Commodifying housing has not worked, so it may be time for govt to become landlord.

@Amgine I fully agree, certainly for a significant portion of the market. That automatically sets a standard and price for the rest of the market.
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Attached: 1 video The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (an arm of the Canadian Federal government), has released their catalog of 50 low-cost designs for homes. These designs have improved efficiency and include all drawings needed for tradespeople. They include detached homes, duplexes, row houses, fourplexes and sixplexes. http://www.housingcatalogue.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/ #CanPoli #CdnPoli

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@dan613

Yep, just popped up in my feeds!