Accordingly, the proposal to give temporary work to the long-term unemployed is designed to maintain their hope for future employment. This valuable investment would assist them in gradually becoming more productive and finding suitable work. The intangible "social capital" that would accumulate is not something readily measured by GNP.
因此針對長期失業者，先提供一份臨時工作以維繫他們的就業希望，再慢慢協助他們重新投入生產力更高、更適切的新工作，絕對是一項有價值的投資，由此所累積的無形「社會資本」，不是用 GNP 之類的僵化公式所能衡量的。