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Environment & Energy

-misanthroptimist

(1,244 posts)

2. Global Growth? Don't make me laugh!

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Sat Nov 9, 2024, 08:53 AM

Nov 9

Starving people are much less productive. And dead people aren't productive at all.

For the record, economics and economists are largely bad jokes. They tend to look at factors that support their hypotheses and ignore that which doesn't. There are some good economists, but they are a rare breed.

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