I doubt any economists would agree with this. Even with declining demand, the addition of every grain of rice is a contribution to the economy.
There are many actually. There are markets for which the demand cannot increase. And like I said earlier "contribution to the economy" isn't the issue here, the market's capability for demand is. As a result there are industries that are zero sum games, with an overall tendency to move towards zero sum.
The cost of business loss is equivalent to gained experience.
Not when your house or car is collateral. Not when it is the only thing paying your rent and keeping food on the table.
But I was talking about God's provision, and there's no limitation to that.
We were talking about homesteading, which absolutely has a limit.
Nowhere in our Constitution does it say that government is supposed to protect the people.
Then why do we have an army? If the government has no responsibility to protect us, then we could easily save hundreds of billions of dollars of tax payer money by disbanding all armed forces.
Every time you imply that corporations are "greedy", you sound out of touch and inexperienced.
I don't care about how it sounds, it is the truth.
You make it so clear that you've never run a business and hired anyone
This is just an ad hominem.
Businesses have tight budgets.
Only because they budget boat loads of money for executives and shareholders.