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Businesses cannot and need not grow forever. I don’t buy your argument. Stable businesses can and do exist.

• Ekaros 6y ago
  Let's take a natural monopoly. Like electric grid. Can these companies really grow forever? At some point they should have build transmission lines to everyone that they can profitably afford to. Then they can either expand to some other field or keep paying 5-20% to their owners as dividends each year... I don't see later option as bad one. Clearly they can provide service and invest to keep it running or even to optimize it. But growth might be impossible.
  • lnsru 6y ago
    Assuming country is healthy with steady growing inhabitant number and this natural monopoly also grows naturally with it.
    • grumple 6y ago
      Populations will stabilize, relying on future population growth is just a pyramid scheme.