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Avshalom a day ago

The fundamental driver of the economy is people eating and clothing themselves, not writing memos that are never read.

tlb a day ago | parent [-]

Food is 13% of US consumer spending, and clothing is 2.7%. Both have declined steadily since the industrial revolution.

Avshalom a day ago | parent | next [-]

I assure that people being alive is going to be the fundamental driver of the economy no matter what percent of consumer spending it is.

red_rech a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Now cut off people’s access to those and let’s see how the economy does