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Alex Potts's avatar

There was, of course, a quite recent British Prime Minister who made a desperate "dash for growth" the hill should would die on - and indeed she died on it.

The problem with growth is that while it's evidently a good thing, it's really hard to actually make happen, and you can fall into the trap of justifying every policy you have with by just yelling "growth", something which voters are rightly sceptical of.

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Jim O's avatar

Yes. Utilitarianism (neoclassical economics) doesn't do distribution - if gdp increases by 10bn but it all goes to Mr Musk? Secondly, unwanted growth is called cancer. Thirdly, whilst slavery was undoubtedly positive for US growth, was this a 'good' thing?

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