This is gonna be the thread where we talk about stuff

So as an econ person I think this line of discussion is super interesting not only as a normative question but as a descriptive one: what is labor, anyway?

One criticism of neoclassical (read: mainstream) econ is the artificiality of the "labor/leisure" distinction, which a lot of analysis is based off of. It devalues caring work, art and basically anything else that doesn't have an easily measurable monetary value. But how, then, should those things be counted for the purpose of analysis - if at all? This is a tough question and I don't have any good answer. I'm just glad to see people talking about this stuff.

edit: sorry Supes, I can't resist