[HN Gopher] Most of the US economy is in a recession
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       Most of the US economy is in a recession
        
       Author : wslh
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2026-03-08 22:01 UTC (59 minutes ago)
        
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       | jmclnx wrote:
       | I tend to agree with what the article says. And I would narrow it
       | down from Tech to AI/tech.
        
       | delichon wrote:
       | Creative destruction requires both booms and busts together.
       | Capital must flow between sectors for economic adaptation. We're
       | seeing a massive capital shift to AI solutions, recalibrating the
       | whole economy. I have insufficient data to calculate whether
       | that's good or not.
        
         | mlsu wrote:
         | Capital must flow, period. Right now it's accumulating into a
         | very small group of actors and becoming concentrated. There's
         | no way to have a good economy, period, with the amount of
         | consolidation across every sector.
         | 
         | The only thing that's actually competitive anymore are
         | restaurants.
        
           | rogerrogerr wrote:
           | Honest question, because it's something I've been thinking a
           | lot about: what is a "good" economy vs. a "bad" economy?
        
             | JumpCrisscross wrote:
             | > _what is a "good" economy vs. a "bad" economy?_
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             | One that is growing sustainably with broad benefits.
        
             | xg15 wrote:
             | People being able to make a living would be a start?
        
             | lazide wrote:
             | One that doesn't have half the population (or more!)
             | wanting to set the other half on fire?
        
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