[commonerX]

My question wasn't that one is more important then the other or that you can't have one without the other.

The question was Which group is more responsible for a growing economy?


A product does nothing but sit there until some buys it.

I could build all the products that I want but if no buys them it doesn't help the economy.

A consumer is still a consumer even if he/she doesn't buy the products that you sell.

Consumers will alway be out there, we are all consumers and products have to made by consumers.

[Havoc]

The question was Which group is more responsible for a growing economy?

Niether or both. They are not mutually exclusive. Profit cannot exist without a product and a consumer. Both must be there. A consumer with no product does nothing to grow the economy. A product with no consumer does nothing to grow the economy. They both contribute or neither does. That *is* the point. Just as in a marriage - if one or the other isn't there to support it, both end up divorced.. from each other. Thus neither can ever be more important or have a "greater contribution" because neither can contribute alone.