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Related: About this forumChinese exports graph says ...oh oh.
Notice that Europe and UK have gone below the waterline, while US is also down, and ON the waterline.
What does this say about China's economy?
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Chinese exports graph says ...oh oh. (Original Post)
dixiegrrrrl
Aug 2012
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Roger - The Marginal Propensity To Consume For The Ultra-Wealthy Is Close To Zero
cantbeserious
Aug 2012
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Warpy
(111,456 posts)1. You kill the goose that lays the golden eggs (the demand side)
you've killed the economy. The money pump has been shut off and the only way to restart it is to siphon it off the top and recirculate it at the bottom, priming the pump.
The plutocrats aren't ready to do that.
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)2. Roger - The Marginal Propensity To Consume For The Ultra-Wealthy Is Close To Zero
I other words, for each additional dollar they siphon from the 99% they have little need to spend that dollar in the economy.
Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)3. Walmart is having a sale?
Doggie chicken jerky treats half off?
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)4. Actually, I am reading that Taiwan and Vietnam labels are appearing.
In my roaming around the net this am, several comments to the effect that offhshoring to smaller countries is happening, versus China.