Regardless of how you choose to track your auto expenses, the knowledge you get from doing so will put you in the driver's seat when it comes to figuring out how much your vehicle is costing you to operate and documenting its value when it's time to get rid of it.
One can no more assess the work of scientists without examining the incentives and value systems under which they operate than one can assess the work of mortgage bankers without looking at the incentives and value systems that led them to drive the economy into a ditch.
However, climate modelers operate under very different incentives and value systems than those of the legions of cancer researchers who have spent 40 years fighting the most expensive medical battle in American history, thus far coming up short.
Capitalism is spreading around the globe, and non-U.S. companies now operate with a strong profit motive and a focus on delivering shareholder value--traditionally a very American ethos.
Digital transformation is forcing businesses of all stripes, even those that operate exclusively in the B2B market, to rethink what their customers value and how to meet those needs.
Unions still primarily operate in an adversarial world of labor-versus-capital, demonstrating their value by raising tensions between employees and management.
They operate in similar terrains, where they need to effectively manage their scarce resources and deliver value to their customers and other stakeholders.