Without economic growth, liberal societies cannot maintain themselves because in a no-growth Malthusian world the only way to get rich is by taking from someone else, making predation a major way people amass fortune and undermining the redistributive policies that make inequality tolerable.
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Frank FukuyamaEvidence Quote
“if everybody is getting a little bit richer...is tolerable. If you basically move into a world where growth doesn't happen...the only way I can get rich is by taking something from you...it's pretty hard to maintain a liberal society in a world without economic growth”
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