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Chinese exports graph says ...oh oh. (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 OP
You kill the goose that lays the golden eggs (the demand side) Warpy Aug 2012 #1
Roger - The Marginal Propensity To Consume For The Ultra-Wealthy Is Close To Zero cantbeserious Aug 2012 #2
Walmart is having a sale? Fuddnik Aug 2012 #3
Actually, I am reading that Taiwan and Vietnam labels are appearing. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #4

Warpy

(111,456 posts)
1. You kill the goose that lays the golden eggs (the demand side)
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 01:34 PM
Aug 2012

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
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 02:08 PM
Aug 2012

I other words, for each additional dollar they siphon from the 99% they have little need to spend that dollar in the economy.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
4. Actually, I am reading that Taiwan and Vietnam labels are appearing.
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 02:22 PM
Aug 2012

In my roaming around the net this am, several comments to the effect that offhshoring to smaller countries is happening, versus China.

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