# Can the superrich get richer by intentionally crippling the economy?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 1, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-superrich-get-richer-by-intentionally-crippling-the-economy/828790 "2019-02-01T16:05:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pithily\_Effusive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pithily_effusive/32/252_2.png) [@Pithily\_Effusive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pithily_Effusive)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-superrich-get-richer-by-intentionally-crippling-the-economy/828790/21 "2019-02-18T08:41:05Z")

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LOL, they’ve been doing it for centuries. This whole myth about an economy going UP then DOWN then UP then DOWN? THEY INVENTED IT! When it goes “DOWN”, they turn it upside down and shake all the money out of our pockets into their own. They’ve been doing it for centuries. Ummm…you haven’t been reading one of those economic textbooks THEY WROTE, have YOU???

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