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Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by wallace_f on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @06:44PM (#18126341)
Without population growth, big parts of many national economies become unsustainable. They're like MLM, Ponzi Schemes, or other pyramid schemes in this way.
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Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by notfromhere on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @02:52PM (#18133522)
That's not true. Population growth and economic growth are related, but can happen without the other.
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Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by wallace_f on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @09:46PM (#18136455)
An introduction: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2016/05/02/two-solut...

>Aging populations pose a challenge to the fiscal and macroeconomic stability of many societies

Entitlements, leveraged risk-taking, investment. All these things depend on the next generation.

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Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by mac01021 on Thursday October 04, 2018 @12:00AM (#18137089)
I'm not sure that's ever been demonstrated empirically.
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