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• n4r9 7y ago
  Obviously more GDP means more resources, the question is whether it solves issues like homelessness "by default" as suggested by the OP I responded to. My opinion is that it greatly depends on the dominant cultural narratives of the general public and of the ruling party. In the UK we've seen fairly reasonable GDP growth in the last decade but have also seen a large overall increase in statutory homelessness acceptances over the same period [0]. That's just the official records: the Crisis charity estimates that the number of "hidden homeless" single adults has according to government estimates increased by a third over roughly the same period [1]. The reasons for this are generally given to be the lack of affordable housing being built, and welfare reforms such as capping the housing allowance. The cultural narratives in play here are that a prolonged austerity was required in order to salvage the economy, and that our welfare is subject to significant levels of stress from deliberate "benefit cheats" or "welfare mummies". Both of these are contentious, as far as I've been able to gather. [0] https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN01164 https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Sum... [1] https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/london_assembly_-_hidden_homelessness_report.pdf https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/london_assembl...