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Old 11-04-2011, 07:51 AM  
BlackCrayon
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Originally Posted by TheSquealer View Post
You seem to be confusing a business with an economy. if there is a town with one hardware store, clearly another can come in and run it out of business. In terms of an economy, economies grow and wealth is created. It is not redistributed as you continue to suggest, it is created and the size of the economy grows because there is steadily more winning than losing. There is always going to be winners and losers in a free market. That doesn't mean that an economy is a zero sum system, because it isn't.
I am not saying its a zero sum system. Wealth can be created and is created but re-direction of wealth appears to be more common. The growing businesses and economies in general in india and asia have a direct corelation between the dwindling economy of the US.
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