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Luigino Bruni ()

A chapter in A Lexicon of Social Well-Being, 2015, pp 122-125 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract We should take advantage of these difficult times to think about the nature of the fundamental human activity we call work. For this purpose, let us suppose that some of our fellow citizens decide to colonize a desert island. As soon as they arrive and settle in, it becomes clear that for their families to grow and their village to develop they must shift from a “domestic” self-sufficient economy to a “political” exchange economy, where each person must strive to make their skills useful to others and make the most of the skills others possess.

Keywords: Fellow Citizen; Fair Wage; Giant Leap; Street Cleaner; Desert Island (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137528889_33

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