Just as China is said to need 8% growth in order to maintain social stability, India probably needs to grow at 6% or more to maintain financial stability.

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Government so disrupts the natural social and economic order when it goes beyond minimal efforts to maintain it order that spontaneously emerges when individuals are left free to live their lives as they see fit that any incremental benefits the hosts derive from increased social order are outweighed by the social and economic havoc government creates in the process of trying to maintain it.

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So the social aspect of Insight Timer might very well function like stickk.com, adding social stakes in order to help us maintain our commitments to personal transformation.

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This makes it an example of limited utility for America, a country that needs strong economic growth in order to maintain both its quality of life and overall social sustainability.

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