The economy (although I&#x27;m not sure <i>exactly</i> what you mean b&#x2F;c the definition can be pretty wide, but assuming you mean economic productivity) is one tool in service of a good life. And like others, it works well in certain dosages -- not too little, but not too much, either, and, as usual in social constructs, there are always competing interests at play. That&#x27;s why other people with the capacity for critical thinking have decided to offset the interests of those who most benefit from maximal productivity with that of those whose lives it affects the most by ensuring that power stemming from control of resources is balanced with power in numbers, thus ensuring that some types of freedom do not so overwhelmingly crush other types of freedom.