What if we counted breastmilk production as part of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the same way that we count formula production? In 2016, the three leading manufacturers of infant formula reported 1.5 billion US dollars in sales and this was counted in the GDP. US formula sales are part of the good news of our economy because of the skewed way that we count things: we … [Read more...] about Valuing and Counting Breastmilk
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