How can the economy grow year on year without limit – and why is this desirable?

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Economic with the truth?
Economic with the truth? Photograph: Jesada Wongsa/Getty Images/EyeEm

How can a country’s economy apparently grow year on year without limit, and why is this thought to be desirable?
Richard Saunders, Dagenham

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