Stuff that breaks often enough to be replaced
Just healthy enough to still go to work
Subscribed to everything, owning nothing
More food, less nutrition (and flavor)
Everything without a transaction valued at 0,
Family, Sunsets, compliments, mentoring the next generationThe aim is to maximise utility, but we cannot quantify utility, and cannot tell when it increases at the level higher than an individual. So we use GDP and then .... Goodhart's law.
Something like GDP - (Sickness, Mental Health Therapy, Fixing broken windows and flat tires... et. al.)
That still does not solve the underlying problem. The aim of an economy is to maximise utility (vaguely defined as happiness, satisfaction with life) or more meaningfully defined as an individual's preferences, The problem is that we cannot meaningfully aggregate this across individuals to maximise for the whole economy.
More productive workers produce more and generate more wealth, the real thing you want to measure with gdp.
Some people can manage to recuperate the night sleep loss during the day, some, like me, can't and it sucks.
On top of that, sticking to your circadian rhythm is important too.
Who says you're mandated to participate in the economy during your time off in the weekend daytime? You already spent money partying last night and possibly eating out takeaway and ordering an uber. Isn't that enough "for the economy"?
I’m not sure if there’s „enough“ when people want eternal GDP growth. Including pension funds etc.