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comment by teamramonycajal
teamramonycajal  ·  3618 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "Bigger Than Marx" -- harsh Piketty review from the Economist

I don't think it's limited to technological change, and technological change can certainly be the more proximate cause of growth that is itself caused by something like a war.

Anyway, redistribution would theoretically churn out more money to more people to spend it. You can't have an economy if everybody's hoarding and not spending.