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by karmakurtisaani 1039 days ago
Another example: imagine a large company is exploiting a population in a country, paying poor wages, taking natural resources and avoiding taxes. A broken window is an opportunity for the local window installers to benefit from the company. Globally it is bad for the economy, but good locally.
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Or that the offices of the large company are destroyed.

It might even be much better for the world economy, long-term.