> > > But to be > fair, one needs to note that neither do balance sheets capture social > benefits (quality of life after Company ABC set up in a remote area, > perhaps?) >
Recently I read that farmers protesting the Jaitapur power plant ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaitapur_Nuclear_Power_Project) explicitly articulated their views on this. I'm paraphrasing from memory as "They take away our land and then employ us as peons and orderlies. Even if the money we earn is more, our standing in society becomes that of a servant. We don't want their jobs. Tell them to leave our land alone."