• njm1314@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    What do you mean? Of course we can. There was just a story about Poland the other day. About how their GDP has risen remarkably since they’ve joined the European Union. Rapid Rises easier when you’re already starting low. I mean that’s just common sense for anything really.

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      4 days ago

      Rapid Rises easier when you’re already starting low. I mean that’s just common sense for anything really.

      And why is it that starting from low means there is rapid growth? Rapid GDP growth can still happen in rich countries.

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        4 days ago

        It can of course. But it’s easier in countries that already start low. It doesn’t mean it’s guaranteed if that’s what you’re thinking. I mean it’s just like any other change in rate. With GDP in particular at a certain point it’s not about rapid Rising it’s about steady growth. A rapid increase usually indicates that something was wrong before. That there was a lack of something. So a relatively rapid increase is caused by stabilizing of credit access to foreign loans, foreign markets, other sources of goods and imports, and lots of other things. Whereas a developed country with high GDP already had access to those so they can’t rapidly change based upon it.