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by zelos 649 days ago
> The EU is entering the first period in its recent history in which growth will not be supported by rising populations....We will have to lean more on productivity to drive growth.

Hasn't the second part always been the case? Is there any advantage to boosting raw GDP without also increasing GDP per capita?

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> Is there any advantage to boosting raw GDP without also increasing GDP per capita?

For EU bureaucrats there sure is: we can afford more of them and they can have higher salaries.