• lorty
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    9 months ago

    Half-formed thought this brought me: didn’t a fair amount of 20th century growth be fueled by a lot of workers having access to savings accounts and banks lending that money?

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      9 months ago

      Absolutely, people having savings also means they’re in a much better position to weather any economic downturns making the economy more stable.