What I'm really saying is that it's a political issue.
You are subtly changing what you were saying here (not trying to pedantically pick at you, but it's worth distinguishing) by saying growth (presumably as measured by GDP) = good for the economy in aggregate. The growth part is hard to argue with, the "good for the economy" part is political in that even adding the "in aggregate" caveat depends on metrics (and I don't even disagree with that necessarily.)
How has the "rising tides" approach worked out for the middle class over the last 30+ years? Well, Trump is president and Sanders got a ton of votes.
The alternative prescriptions I'd propose, in the near future if not now, would be considered pretty radical by most Americans and extend beyond the scope of this particular discussion.
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Posted: 04/16/2017 at 5:49PM