It doesn't take much more in life than spring and friends, does it?

#13 – Present photography meets future economics

P: I stayed at a vacation home with friends over the weekend. It doesn't take much more in life than spring and friends, does it?

E: If you say so, photographer.

P: You should know, economist, your profession knows how to maximize well-being, right?

E: Hardly. Economics measures indicators of wealth. Such as the change in gross domestic product. Or how many products a country sells abroad. This, by the way, doesn't mean that living in a holiday home for a few days without having to earn money during this time isn't a form of wealth.

P: But how does economics measure doing nothing, devoting oneself to idleness?

E: Economics doesn't measure that.

P: I like flying under the radar of economists.

E: If it increases your well-being, fine with me.

P: Then, for once, we're in agreement, economist.

E: For once.