The following color coded analyses highlight the usage of the word ‘grow’, along with other selected base words, depending on the subject matter. This color coded representation provides a visual scan denoting the consistent emphasis of growth, or lack thereof, as a base economic concept.
Bernanke Economic Outlook to Congress 04-02-08 – Color Coded Analysis
Bernanke Remarks 10 Jul 07 -- Color Coded Analysis
Ben Bernanke Remarks to Congress 03-28-07 -- Color Coded Analysis
Bernanke's Policy Report 02/14/07 -- Color Coded Analysis
Bernanke Remarks 11/28/06 -- Color Coded Analysis
Bernanke Fourth ECB Central Banking Conf Germany Nov 2006 -- Color Coded Analysis
Council of Economic Advisors Nov 11, 2006 -- Color Coded Analysis
Henry Paulson International Economy Treasury Sep 2006 -- Color Coded Analysis
Bernanke Jul 2006 Congress -- Color Coded Analysis
Bernanke Jun 2005 -- Color Coded Analysis
Growth itself is a vague term that has a wide variety of meanings from individual to individual and is generally viewed as "a good thing"; however, the emphasis of compounding growth as a societal value does not encompass all the desired attributes of growth. In fact, growth for the sake of compounding growth is a flawed economic concept that institutionalizes expectations of forever ever-increasing growth, fuels the fires of greed, skews ownership to extremes, seeds stress when growth stalls, incites conflict, and eventually spawns War.
The Form of Money - A Treatise
