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I don't think so. Lack of workers means you cannot e.g. produce all the goods you want to produce. This will result in less goods being sold -> recession. So basically the lack of workers could be understood as a potential to grow but if you cannot satisfy the demand for workers it will have the opposite effect.

I am not an economist so it might be totally wrong but that is my understanding.

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[Am4TIfIsER0ppos]

If you produce N goods now and want to produce N+1 goods but cannot find labor how does that result in producing N-1 goods?

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Who is saying that you still can produce N goods? If you don't have enough workers (anymore).

Having the potential to grow (e.g. orders) doesn't mean you cannot shrink at the same time because you just cannot produce e.g.

[Am4TIfIsER0ppos]

Indeed. "grow" was in one of the parents so I assumed everyone was meaning more leading to my post.