At world level, the reduction in output value came close to the reduction in input cost, leaving only a modest increase of value added ($7.6x109, or less than 1%%).
Martin Wolf of the Financial Times also described the value added by financial services as "modest".
Largely subsidized through government investment and value added taxes, Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme NHISS) asks for modest annual premium payments from its members, and many citizens are exempt from any payment at all.
One possibility would be to establish a new source of revenue, perhaps through revenue-increasing tax reform, and possibly including a modest value-added tax (that is, a V.A.T. of 5 percent to 6 percent).
As an economic matter, this shouldn't be hard — in particular, a modest value-added tax, say at a 5 percent rate, would go a long way toward closing the gap, while leaving overall U.S. taxes among the lowest in the advanced world.
The value added by Rightmove in generating leads is clearly proven, and the cost of the product is a small component of an estate agent's cost base and remains modest in comparison with newspaper advertising.
Point to value added reasons to telecommute.
