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cjbgkaghtoday at 3:28 PM1 replyview on HN

No, I think it's likely that this is the first major productivity boom that won't be followed with a consumption boom, quite the opposite. It'll result in a far greater income inequality. Things will be cheaper but the poor will have fewer ways to make money to afford even the cheaper goods.


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alex_sftoday at 3:43 PM

If goods aren't being sold, then the price will drop.

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