the economic model of growth based on gdp growth ( and population growth) has been outdated for a while. We need a fundamental change in concepts of growth. There are serious problems and many things are out of wack, housing prices, incomes, costs of living, standard of living etc. North america and its obsession with real estate, the closed markets aka control by a few aka communism in a different color as to change...it will one day...and the shock will be felt by many.