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Hannah Arendt

Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence.

Hannah Arendt

Freedom

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Hannah Arendt suggests that increasing wealth and production might eventually cause problems instead of benefits. She also argues that having more economic resources does not guarantee true freedom or prove that freedom exists.

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