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?