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In describing Andean conceptions of work, Harris foregrounded the positive value that the Laymi ascribed to it, the importance of working in groups and the wider relevance that work has beyond material or economic goals. She thereby argues that the question of what makes people work is central to
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understanding human existence, and that it cannot be understood with neoclassical concepts of economic analysis.
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