I've been dead ass broke fairly recently. Did a podcast on it. Didn't mind it but all in all I'd rather be able to support myself and help others.
The love of money can send one down a dark path but so can not having money.
Moderation in all things. The great philosophers of the Renaissance had wealthy benefactors to allow them to think or create art.
Nothing is free.
So again, what's your better idea than growth and wealth and prosperous citizenship?
Maybe you are not understanding me correctly? I am just not for the Gross Domestic Product as a sign of a healthy society.
GDP: "the total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year."
I think there is more to it than that. Do you not agree?
Money doesn’t bring happiness in itself. But a better economy allows more people and their families to enjoy life at a higher level. It also allows more to get off the dole and have the satisfaction of fending for themselves and their families. It allows people to get the type of job that offers cheap health insurance, save money and build towards a retirement. All of which is better for people than scoffing at success and feeling hopeless for their future.
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I would posit that a society with a good GDP is also healthy materially. Any more than that is up to the person living in it