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Trump's "Massive Recession" Has Long Been Upon Us

We live in a consumer economy where 75% of GDP is consumer spending. So yes we need people to spend money or the economy will crash and burn.

That is not a good thing..
 
The we could always try Communism instead if you want. That form of Govt. does not depend on consumers.

I prefer more of an absolute free market myself..

Monetary manipulation is not free market.. We need to kick fiat currencies..
 
I prefer more of an absolute free market myself..

Monetary manipulation is not free market.. We need to kick fiat currencies..

You can have a free market with fiat currencies, they are not mutually exclusive, all a fiat currency allows is the government to control money supply, usually in order to increase spending.
 
We live in a consumer economy where 75% of GDP is consumer spending. So yes we need people to spend money or the economy will crash and burn. Is that what you want? When spending drops so does hiring and layoffs take its place.

That is not a good thing..

I prefer more of an absolute free market myself..

Monetary manipulation is not free market.. We need to kick fiat currencies..

That is how capitalism works, how do you want it to work?

How does an "absolute" free market affect consumer behavior?
 
How does an "absolute" free market affect consumer behavior?

That is essentially what a free market runs on, it relies on consumer behavior to keep it in check, in practicality it does not work too well.
 
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