Will 3D printing be the equivalent of a third industrial revolution?

RedRedemption · Jul 19, 2013

Just read this article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environme...19/economy-end-growth-resource-scarcity-costs

The last few weeks has seen bad news for the global economy, with the US and Europe facing growth slowdowns, and even much vaunted economic powerhouses Brazil, Russia, India and China faltering unexpectedly. While mainstream economists continue to predict an ongoing 'recovery', other leading experts point to the end of growth as we know it for the foreseeable future.

Earlier this month, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) slashed its quarterly forecasts for global GDP growth from 3.3% to 3.1%, and revised down growth estimates for other major powers. The US forecast was downgraded from 1.9% to 1.7%, and Europe is expected to contract 0.6% rather than the originally estimated 0.3%. The IMF also downgraded growth forecasts for 2014.

Against this background, evidence has emerged that the era of booming economic growth is over, and that we are entering an age of permanently slow growth - at best.
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Looks like we are due for another great innovation; desperately needed.

Northside Storm · Jul 19, 2013

no, but it offers the possibility for a more decentralized system of production wherein people will be able to capture more surplus for themselves and ride out the storms of recessions by being able to get by on less by producing things here and there.

i say this, but 90% some monopolizing dude will come out of nowhere and seize all the money out of it, and wring it to death.

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