Comment by cxsmith on Profit and Value · 2024-07-17T20:21:04.529Z · LW · GW

If you're interested in analyzing value, then I recommend studying economics since they haven't overlooked the role that value plays in the economy. For organizational concerns, I recommend reading about public choice, since the same public choice factors that affect governments also affect non-profits and B-corps. Lastly, I think your 2x2 matrix has its share of gratuitous assumptions - for example you haven't established why you think that petroleum and tobacco are negative-value industries.