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Good. The demand was being supported by artificial means and wasn't sustainable. It's bringing the economy down to a sustainable level. Better a smaller sustainable economy than an artificial one that bubbles and crashes routinely because of debt based consumption.



It was being supported by expansion, which I wouldn't necessarily categorize as artificial or unsustainable, more... incredibly fragile.




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