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Cleaners 'worth more to society' than bankers
Cleaners 'worth more to society' than bankers - study
Hospital cleaners are worth more to society than bankers, a study suggests. The research, carried out by think tank the New Economics Foundation, says hospital cleaners create £10 of value for every £1 they are paid.
It claims bankers are a drain on the country because of the damage they caused to the global economy. They reportedly destroy £7 of value for every £1 they earn. Meanwhile, senior advertising executives are said to "create stress".
The study says they are responsible for campaigns which create dissatisfaction and misery, and encourage over-consumption.
And tax accountants damage the country by devising schemes to cut the amount of money available to the government, the research suggests.
By contrast, child minders and waste recyclers are also doing jobs that create net wealth to the country.
The whole article is here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8410489.stm
The New Economics Foundation report, A Bit Rich, can be downloaded from http://www.neweconomics.org/publications/bit-rich
NEF are such a brilliant organization. Pity they don't rule the world.