Calling it an economic good can sound like an oversimplification. The truth is we humans are built to go outside of ourselves in self-gift to others. This actually is the foundation of economy
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The ancient Greek term from which we get "economy" is "oikonomia," and it means "ordering of the household." Obviously you can't have a household without a spouse and children. So economy is founded on the family and those bonds of love; all other economic activity is downstream of that