Productivity — the amount of output delivered per...

Productivity — the amount of output delivered per hour of work in the economy — is often viewed as the engine of progress in modern capitalist economies. Output is everything. Time is money.

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In a recent NY Times op-ed, Tim Jackson reminds us that with a narrow definition of productivity and the fact that “we’ve become so conditioned by the language of efficiency,” we risk neglecting parts of our lives that matter, such as a focus on care and craft.

We tend to agree. What is your definition of productivity?