I feel your on the wrong tack here, shown by looking at company profits which are still growing at healthy rates in the wealthiest nations. https://tradingecon

I feel your on the wrong tack here, shown by looking at company profits which are still growing at healthy rates in the wealthiest nations. https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/corporate-profits https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/corporate-profits And I believe, though recognise this has counter arguments, if we kept (or implemented depending on region) better tax redistribution and worker wage support the first world economies would be growing at a better rate. The trickle down policy we see in most western countries has been disproven time and time again yet the politicians still rebrand and implement it as its good for short term gains for the people funding their political careers. You do have a point that developing economies have a advantage in they have more upside to gain and this lets countries have those 10%+ per annum growth rates. But also its worth noting, and this may be 'causation does not equal correlation' type scenario, but no country has become developed as we consider it now without having a significant improvement in financial equality. See this graph: https://ourworldindata.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Top-Incomes.png https://ourworldindata.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Top-In... Article here: https://ourworldindata.org/income-inequality https://ourworldindata.org/income-inequality And while its not as simple as one variable, its going to be interesting to see what happens if we continue to allow inequality to grow.