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KlatooBNikto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 10:27 AM Original message |
Has the American model of economic growth become irrelevant? |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. It hasn't become "irrelevant", but has always been unsustainable |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. Ponzi schemes always scale badly. nt |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. Pyramid schemes like the US economy will never be 'irrelevant' |
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HEIL PRESIDENT GOD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. We could keep it up for two more centuries |
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orwell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
5. Model Search |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
6. Actually, *America* didn't follow the "American" model of |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. One small comment, Lydia... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 04:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. That certainly was a factor, but pent up demand from the war years |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 08:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Contrary to popular belief, consumption INCREASED during WWII |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 11:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. You're a stronger person than me.... |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 11:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Really? I found The Affluent Society concise and fascinating... |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Yeah.....and believe me i tried....the language is fairly simple... |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
7. It NEVER WAS relevant. |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
11. Well - I've jsut started reading European Dream.... |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
14. Can I recommend "Small is Beautiful" by EF Schumacher? |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
16. Perhaps the question could be framed differently |
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