• Washburn [she/her]
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        562 years ago

        Advanced economies innovate and make things like NFTs and self-driving random incendiary devices luxury electric cars! so-true

        Old, busted economies like China just produce things like buildings, most manufactured products, scientific research, and agricultural products 🤮

      • Galli [comrade/them]
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        232 years ago

        So they basically said “doesn’t count if there is jobs growth”. As long as you can keep creating 10 precarious gig worker jobs for every 9 full time jobs that are eliminated then the economy is doing great!

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        132 years ago

        Remeber when the US economy collapsed in 2007 and ever since then it’s been propped up by speculation, free money, zomvie companies that cannot and will never turn a profit, bailouts, and outright fraud, all while the living conditions of the people continue to decay and live expectancy plummets?

      • usa_suxxx [they/them]
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        112 years ago

        And a year later when Germany experiences similarly minor shrinking and the US Press is like RECESSION

    • Burp
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      12 years ago

      Hmm, it’s almost like they were allowed into a certain economic system? A new trading partner, perhaps?