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Re:The End of Economic Growth? Unintended Consequences of a ... by adrianN on Sunday February 02, 2020 @03:00AM (#22215800)
Those seem like orthogonal problems to me.

(People beating the growth-growth-growth drum are also typically on the rich end of the spectrum btw).

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Re:The End of Economic Growth? Unintended Consequences of a ... by daxfohl on Sunday February 02, 2020 @03:05AM (#22215809)
Seems like we could have some other metrics that could also be relevant to our happiness here on Earth? Nah.

Or, I think I've heard it said better, "If the purpose of life isn't 'maximizing shareholder value', we're fucked".

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Re:The End of Economic Growth? Unintended Consequences of a ... by Guthur on Sunday February 02, 2020 @03:26AM (#22215864)
Do you believe all the countries over the past 2 centuries that have enjoyed amazing economic growth are better or worse for it?
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Re:The End of Economic Growth? Unintended Consequences of a ... by daxfohl on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @10:36AM (#22236705)
I said also relevant.
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