Quick Thought: The Economy
Mar. 5th, 2008 11:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jhameiaOkay, I was actually thinking about this last night while doing some grooming (yes, a lot of things can go through one's mind while waiting for depilatory creams to do their work). I was thinking about how we refer to certain things that I suppose are alive in their own way, but to me, they seem driven towards goals that I'm not sure are sustainable.
Like, the economy.
I see a lot of this. "This is good for the economy."
"Economic growth is good."
"The economy is currently in recession."
"The economy is unstable right now."
It's like the economy has a personality of its own. I'm surprised we haven't said things like "the economy's really cranky today" or even "the economy is currently taking a pee break." (Okay, I'm joking. I know why we don't say stuff like that.)
Sometimes, though, it feels like we're talking about the economy as something separate from human beings, but last I checked, isn't the economy driven by human beings?
So why do I feel that when something's "good for the economy" it's not necessarily "good for the people"?
Like, the economy.
I see a lot of this. "This is good for the economy."
"Economic growth is good."
"The economy is currently in recession."
"The economy is unstable right now."
It's like the economy has a personality of its own. I'm surprised we haven't said things like "the economy's really cranky today" or even "the economy is currently taking a pee break." (Okay, I'm joking. I know why we don't say stuff like that.)
Sometimes, though, it feels like we're talking about the economy as something separate from human beings, but last I checked, isn't the economy driven by human beings?
So why do I feel that when something's "good for the economy" it's not necessarily "good for the people"?