FILM: WHO IS COUNTING

MARILYN WARING

 

1.     WOMEN'S WORK AND THE GDP

 

{BECAUSE IT IS NOT EXCHANGED FOR DOLLARS, WOMEN'S WORK IS NOT COUNTED --- AND NOT CONSIDERED PRODUCTIVE ==== NOT INCLUDED IN GDP, THEREFORE DON'T GET A SENSE OF THE OVERALL WEALTH WOMEN'S WORK IS CREATING ==== IN END WHEN, WOMEN APPLY FOR PENSIONS THEY ARE SEEN AS A BURDEN (INSULT TO INJURY)}

 

2.     TIME CHARTS

 

{ALTERNATIVES --- TIME CHARTS OF PRODUCTIVITY --- WHEN THE SUN WAS HERE, WHAT WERE YOU DOING? ===> “TIME USE SURVEYS”}

 

3.     ELEMENTS OF VALUE AND EXCHANGE

 

{ECONOMIST COUNT DISASTERS LIKE EXXON VALDEZ BECAUSE IT CREATES WORK AND VALUE ---}

 

4.     PRODUCTIVITY

 

{HOW CAN PRODUCTIVITY BE RECALIBRATED? TIME USE SURVEYS? HOW DO WE MAKE WOMEN COUNT?}