In many countries, the government prioritises economic growth above all other concerns. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this.

Governments in most countries consider economic growth as their top priority. The advantages to

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are more job opportunities and foreign investments. The disadvantages to

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are ignorance of humanitarian factors and environmental degradation. One advantage of the

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's strong focus on the

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's economy is an

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in job opportunities.

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is achieved by introducing certain schemes and subsidies for organizations to run their businesses in a cost-effective way, thereby focusing on growth, and in-turn fueling recruitment.

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, the

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receives another advantage of an

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in direct foreign investments from venture capitalists and investment firms from first-world nations.

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helps small and medium-sized companies scale their operations, leading to production

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, consumption

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increases, and more money gets circulated within the economy.

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, during the

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pandemic, the Indian

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's strong focus on improving the inflation rate allowed investors to turn towards India for maximizing their profits, which

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led to a better financial health of the

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compared to the rest of the world. But,

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actions

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come with disadvantages like an

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in social inequality. Rapid economic growth comes with a rise in wealth gaps, with the rich getting richer

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the poor may not benefit equitably. Another disadvantage that follows is environmental degradation. In pursuit of higher economies of scale, environmental concerns are often sidelined leading to pollution, deforestation and loss of biodiversity.

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, the Maharashtra

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's 20-year plan to make the city of Mumbai the world's financial capital, came with increased investment in the real-estate sector, followed by mass construction of high-storied buildings throughout the city, resulting in record-high air pollution. In conclusion, the

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's push to primarily better a

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's economy has benefits like the inflow of more foreign capital and an

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in career opportunities, but it

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has its disadvantages like a rise in wealth disparity and pollution.