Everything that upsets the status quo is bad for the economy. Paying workers more? Bad for the economy.…

Everything that upsets the status quo is bad for the economy. Paying workers more? Bad for the economy. Stopping people getting Covid? Bad for the economy. Having more flexible work-life balance? Bad for the economy. This is why the economy was invented. /1

Free market theory says society find its own equilibrium, provided you don’t try to change or regulate anything. How is this not the most obvious self-serving nonsense? Economics is the handmaiden, providing expert cover. Just as infinite covid experts do for Covid. 2/2