Bienestar, actividad económica y cuentas nacionales. Reflexiones en torno al concepto de trabajo productivo

The measurement of economic activity is central for the analysis of material welfare and economic dynamics. Nonetheless, there is not a single criterion for this measurement, given the discrepancies on the definition of the concept of productive labour among and within the various economic paradigms. On the one hand, orthodox theory conceives production as a physical or material process, as produc…