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		Kaiyou on April 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Economists who defend disaster profiteers are wron... Buying stuff doesn't facilitate growth. Look at all the toilet paper people buy recently. Where's your growth?

ceejayoz on April 14, 2020 [–]

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.

Kaiyou on April 14, 2020 | [–]

They were doing okay before, but they cannot grow, since the increase in demand will not be sustained.

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