“[Boulding once said, in response to a forecast that someday every American would be earning $100,000 per year] So what? Someone will still have to take out the garbage.”

—  Kenneth E. Boulding

Attributed to Kenneth Boulding in: Donella Meadows (1989) &quot; Thoughts While Cleaning The Living Room: Domestic work is undervalued - but it doesn&#x27;t need to be http://www.context.org/iclib/ic21/meadows/&quot; in Caring For Families Vol 21. (Spring 1989). p. 16 <br class="br">1980s

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