Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good,…

Hannah Arendt
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Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence. ✨ Hannah Arendt (1963). On revolution, Viking Press
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Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence. ✨ Hannah Arendt (1963). On revolution, Viking Press

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