> The only reason there is a need for "economic growth" is for profit. Prove me wrong, please! How about you try visiting somewhere like North Korea, or some c

> The only reason there is a need for "economic growth" is for profit. Prove me wrong, please! How about you try visiting somewhere like North Korea, or some country in Sub-Saharan Africa, the countries which have had the least economic growth, and try to say with a straight face that economic growth doesn't make a difference. >The statement that an "aging population could be a drag on economic growth" is really saying that capitalism cannot profit off of the elderly and that is a bad thing for stock holders. To put it in simple terms, compare two situations: in one you're working to support just yourself and your father, in the second you're working to support both your parents and two grandparents. Obviously in the second one your standard of living is going to be worse, and as a society that's what it likes when the ratio of working to non-working people decreases.