What is Occupy Wallstreet?

[eppie]

This is definitely wrong. Population increase does not drive economic growth, not by a long shot. Otherwise, India would be rich, and Luxembourg poor. Research drives growth. Innovation drives growth. Capital accumulation drives growth. Competition drives growth. Population growth actually decreases economic growth, all else equal - more people fighting over the same resources means less for each.

-Jester

If you consider economy a local national thing yes. But of course it isn't.
Our wealth in the west is made possible by the fact that there are so many indians and chinese. If we couldn't get cheap cloths, gadgets, food, oil etc. we would have to think of something else.....at least we wouldn't have time to enjoy our holidays a lot.

But your last line of course hits the spot. This is the big problem of the coming years. Most economists (and most nobel prize winners) have always considered an economy with endless resources and would disregard the impact our consumption has on our planet. Some of us at least now know that this is not going to last.



Oy yeah and about the american dream.....I didn't want to make a statement if the situation in the US is better or worse than in E.g. europe. We make our own choices and are happy with it. I just it is a stupid meaningless statement. The same as the US always praises itsself about having so much freedom (e.g. to bear arms), well we have the freedom to smoke weed, and drink beer on the street. Now I don't want to comment on what is better or worse but please stop claiming.

I think the whole land of the free and american dream thing are just there to give the people something to be patriotic about (without them really knowing what it means).