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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of Economics
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 06:25:36 -0000 (UTC)
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On 5 Nov 2024 03:32:50 GMT, rbowman wrote:

> ... the question of how it works if the
> workers can't afford to buy back what they produce?

Let’s see, the Industrial Revolution hit us a bit over 2 centuries ago. At 
20 years per generation, that’s about 11 generations -- long enough to say 
“long-term sustainability”? The world economy has grown so much that, 
before that point, most of the world’s GDP came from India and China, 
whereas it doesn’t now.