In response to the following BBC article, quote:

UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023 - The UK economy will shrink and perform worse than other advanced economies, including Russia, as the cost of living continues to hit households, the International Monetary Fund has said.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230131123012/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64452995

Source of the take: https://knockout.chat/thread/45630/1#post-1657405

  • Remicita [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Population decline means economic growth because of all the money you save

    When u love capitalism but don't have any clue how capitalism works

    • BeamBrain [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Literally knows less about capitalism than you'd learn from playing Victoria 3

    • Fishroot [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Population decline means economic growth because of all the money you save

      unless when China's population declines, that is bad and the country will collapse

    • CTHlurker [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I didn't know it was possible for me to respect liberals any less, but boy howdy is Reddit going to give it their all.