Just because you can do something does not mean you should do so.
Being prudent means being practical and trustworthy. So much of our economic and worldly endeavors involve imprudent and often opulent displays of puffery.
As the pandemic moves through out world, we see what is essential and not in terms of both occupation and economic output.
Do we really need all these services in our economy? At the end of the day, we likely do not. We are a service based economy, which adds a layer of complexity to the analysis. Just because we can produce these services does not mean we should.
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