We knew it all along.  However, until we all throw away our credit cards and stop buying tons of pointless rubbish, things will continue this way.

It found that for every pound sterling in value they created, [bankers] cost society about 11 times that.

But for every pound a childcare worker gets paid it says they produce seven to 10 times that in social and economic benefits.

via Cleaners more valuable than bankers – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).