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Comment by gadders

8 days ago

Yes, but only total GDP goes up. GDP per person goes down.

GDP per capita in the UK is still lower than it was in 2008.

Gen Z have never experienced economic growth. They don't know what it means to get richer.

  • I remember when Gordon Brown promised "An end to boom and bust economics." I didn't that meant realise no more booms.

    In the 90s in the UK, skilled working class tradesmen making huge amounts of money was such a stereotype that there was even a comedy character about it. I can't imagine seeing that happen again.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loadsamoney

Not true in isolation. It depends on the productivity difference between the existing average and those being added.

  • So if you add more people, and gdp per capita goes down, you think it isn't due to the people being added?