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Workers whom we should value the most

A dodgy question for a journalist, but I’ll answer if you will: what do you think you’re worth to society?

How much worse off would our little world be if you didn’t go to work in the morning? How much richer is it because you do? It’s a question which also intrigued the New Economics Foundation, who have done hard sums and come up with some interesting answers.