News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Economists who defend disaster profiteers are wrong. Parent comment

Re:Economists who defend disaster profiteers are wrong by Kaiyou on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @10:16AM (#22866254)
Buying stuff doesn't facilitate growth. Look at all the toilet paper people buy recently. Where's your growth?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Economists who defend disaster profiteers are wrong by ceejayoz on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @12:57PM (#22868343)
I'm sure toilet paper manufacturers are doing OK right now.

The growth in that sector is swallowed up by the overall hard-stop of the entire economy.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Economists who defend disaster profiteers are wrong by Kaiyou on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @04:52PM (#22871292)
They were doing okay before, but they cannot grow, since the increase in demand will not be sustained.
[ Parent | on HN ]