This "positive economic output" must account for the environmental impact that humans have: We are currently depleting this planet quickly in ressources and bio

This "positive economic output" must account for the environmental impact that humans have: We are currently depleting this planet quickly in ressources and biodiversity, and the "carbon tax" is just the tiniest attempt of putting this on the balance sheets. If you chop down a rainforest and sell the wood, is your economic value positive or negative? This inconveniently conflicts with the old focus on economic output, the 1950s baritone-narrated black and white documentary of assembly lines and all the production numbers going up - progress! Instead, the dude in the wilderness might hint at a happy and fulfilled life based on limited ressources.