> If you look longer term, a society that does this will end up a lot poorer than one that doesn't. Got data to back that up? (On the serious level, I'm reall

> If you look longer term, a society that does this will end up a lot poorer than one that doesn't. Got data to back that up? (On the serious level, I'm really curious; But on the polemic level I'll call BS - I highly doubt there ever was such a period in any capitalist country ever)