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And then there are people who use this argument against redistribution and as a pro inequality argument.

The pie gets bigger in more equal societies.

That is the real acid test.

The pie gets bigger as long there is room for economic growth, which points to our finite planet and a zero-sum economy after all. When the non-zero wealth creation is only in the form of eg. circular investment, as we see it today, i would dismiss it as a detached numbers game.

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