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by maxjones1 4489 days ago
GDP Uber Alles! Growth Uber Alles! Stagnation? Oh my gosh...how can corporations and their plutocrat owners get richer like that?

Who cares about the quality of life of the citizens of a nation? Growth at all costs...because that makes corporations and their plutocrat owners richer.

Corporations and their plutocrat owners get richer when they are able to control the governments of western nations to force-feed those nations with...what? You tell me....

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Who cares about the quality of life of the citizens of a nation?

Actually, many European countries, especially the Nordic ones, have so much redistribution of wealth that whether or not we experience growth means a great deal, not just to corporations. Having said that, things aren't bad at all in Northern Europe right now - quite the contrary.