WHAT WE COUNT AS WEALTH

The Gate Before Everything

Trott Bailey University2026-10-26T19:53:08-05:00

Money made sense to the twenty-year-old student who wanted the lifeguard job in America. Seventeen dollars an hour paid for college much better than eight. I am perfectly…

Resource Reality Before Money

Trott Bailey University2026-10-26T19:53:08-05:00

Before we ask what something costs, we ask what physically exists. How many trees are producing food? How much edible food reaches families? Where is fresh water retained?…

The Friction Economy and the Hours It Eats

Trott Bailey University2026-10-26T19:53:08-05:00

I carried a printed lesson from the dormitory to a student customer and earned money. That work took time, but it also built skill. Later, when the same…

The Child Who Could No Longer Walk Home

Trott Bailey University2026-10-26T19:53:08-05:00

Sher published a furious and necessary question about the disappearing independence of children. In England, historical surveys found that the proportion of children aged seven to eleven allowed…

Bad Stewards and the Things They Fail to Count

Trott Bailey University2026-10-26T19:53:08-05:00

Sher has little patience for a steward who is proud of the amount of money produced while the people under that stewardship become less capable of ordinary life.…

Shubaka: The Work That Makes Free Possible

Trott Bailey University2026-10-26T19:53:08-05:00

Shubaka is what contribution becomes when the person doing it is already secure. I know the pleasure of useful work. I enjoyed the lifeguard stand, the printing business,…