>Complex supply chains are the only way to achieve any meaningful economic growth. I call BS. Complex supply chains are one of the ways to achieve questionably

>Complex supply chains are the only way to achieve any meaningful economic growth. I call BS. Complex supply chains are one of the ways to achieve questionably meaningful _GDP_ growth. Hopefully one of the outcomes of this crisis is that we start to question the "number go up" ethos of most conventional economists. It's true that Ireland can't make "everything" from scratch. But do they need to? Though, this becomes an almost circular philosophical discussion very quickly.