Academic/General Training Module by Adam Smith First Published in 2015

2. How does the economy benefit from people's leisure activities? 
The leisure industry makes a huge contribution to the economy. As I said 
before, it keeps millions of people in employment, and all of these employees 
pay their taxes and have money to spend on other goods and services. At the 
same time, most people spend some of their earnings on leisure activities, and 
this money therefore goes back into the economy. 

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3. Do men and women enjoy the same type of leisure activities? 
Yes and no. I think both men and women enjoy things like eating in restaurants 
or going to the cinema, but I'm sure there are other activities that are more 
popular with one gender. For example, I think more men than women go to 
football matches.