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The Internet Has Been a Colossal Economic Disappointment

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5 points by george88b 11 years ago · 2 comments

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api 11 years ago

More blaming of the Internet for something that's been in progress since the 1970s.

We shifted from progressive to regressive (e.g. sales and employment) taxes, cut taxes on the top 1%, and moved toward a financial and service economy.

sharemywin 11 years ago

If you look at the internet and other modern technical achievements as a world wide phenomenon. Global gdp growth has been humming along at 4-5% since the 1950s.

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