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human
ELI5: Why are all economies expected to "grow"? Why is an equilibrium bad?

There's recently a lot of talk about the next recession, all this news say that countries aren't growing, but isn't perpetual growth impossible? Why reaching an economic balance is bad?
gpt
Other answers have all answered some of the reasons why, but here's another: Innovation and increases in technological capacity should be cumulatively and continually increasing. So long as this is true, then the economy should naturally grow with it.