Robert Reich: Why Growth Is Good
What will be the fall-out from the predicted global economic slow growth? What brands will survive, succumb or override this sustained downturn? Read this excellent article by Robert Reich and let me know your thoughts:
“Economic growth is slowing in the United States. It’s also slowing in Japan, France, Britain, Italy, Spain, and Canada. It’s even slowing in China. And it’s likely to be slowing soon in Germany.
If governments keep hacking away at their budgets while consumers almost everywhere are becoming more cautious about spending, global demand will shrink to the point where a worldwide dip is inevitable.
You might ask yourself: So what? Why do we need more economic growth anyway? Aren’t we ruining the planet with all this growth — destroying forests, polluting oceans and rivers, and spewing carbon into the atmosphere at a rate that’s already causing climate chaos? Let’s just stop filling our homes with so much stuff.”
Read the full article at:
Robert Reich: Why Growth Is Good.
