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Thu 12 Dec 2008Just what planet are economists on?
OPINION:Growth and the pursuit of growth is the secular religion of the western world, and its dogma is infecting every society, writes John Gibbons.
BRIAN COWEN and Enda Kenny suffer from this. So does Gordon Brown and at least nine in 10 other world leaders. All are labouring under the same crippling psychosis. This is their shared conviction that, whatever the problem, the solution lies in economic growth.
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