Do We Need Economic Growth?
The Real Story
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The Problem With Slow Growth
Jourrod Bernstein: Growth is a means and not an end. The real danger for me is when we focus exclusively on economic growth, he says. He adds that slow growth has become a political football in the U.S. When growth is slower than its previous trend, every politician steps up to say how do we have faster growth; with their idea which typically has very little evidentiary connection to problem you're trying to solve.
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