introversive labor

English

Noun

introversive labor (uncountable)

1. (economics) Labor that is expended in order to strengthen or make vigorous or agile the mind or body; or to achieve a religious purpose; or labor that is expended to avoid the disutility of work, as for example, to forget, to escape from depressing thoughts or banish annoying thoughts.
   • 1966, Ludwig Mises, Human Action, →ISBN, page 578:

     To this extent introversive labor may influence the supply on the market. But as a rule, catallactics is concerned only with extroversive labor. The psychological problems raised by introversive labor are catallactically irrelevant. Seen from the point of view of economics introversive labor is to be qualified as consumption.