Drive through any American city and look at all the ~~human suffering~~ economic growth 
this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2023
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Economic growth is when the price of capital is artificially inflated by raising interest rates using a currency backed by imperialism 
Came here to say that it doesn't matter because everybody is struggling, you put it better than I ever could. Good job.
Doing the old second derivative of a quarterly variance and extending it to infinity trick, while ignoring all the underlying economic headwinds you're currently sailing through.
Reminds me of the old XKCD Joke about Fastest Growing...
I'm naming my first born Brandon after Joe Brandon.
I'm naming mine Fat
Isnt amerika growth like 2 percent and china (after xi crashed and burned into the shadowrealms) 4.5? Is this some zeno shit
It's actually like double that, 8.8% for China
Nah, i think they've gotten (or getting) down to 5 this year? They need to wind down construction in any case
Imagine being that out of touch
I honestly think our measures of economy are whack. They certainly shouldn't be measuring the improvement of thr ultra-wealthy's stock portfolios. Maybe the access of the median person to basics and luxuries (or the modal bucket person).
