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OnAPrair t1_j1hv4gw wrote

Reply to comment by ExploratoryCucumber in Inequality in annual earnings worsens in 2021: Top 1% of earners get a larger share of the earnings pie while the bottom 90% lose ground by sillychillly

  1. Countries do print money
  2. Wealth is not just money. The size of the pie shrinks and grows.
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ExploratoryCucumber t1_j1hvdlv wrote

  1. Yeah? What happens when they do that?

  2. However you slice it, the pie isn't infinite.

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OnAPrair t1_j1i39pr wrote

They cannot print infintitly there is a give and take, and you are correct the pie isn’t infinite. I agree that scarcity exists.

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