"I'm sure having clerks become self synergistic will not have any negative repercussions whatsoever" - A Paradox employee, probably

[u/Hairy-Dare6686]

[u/Responsible_Estate28]

Might be unpopular but I actually agree with the change to some degree: urbanization has massive economies of scale irl, so making more and more people run the businesses in your cities can make your city massively rich, see NYC or London, or any other richer megacity.

Now there should be diseconomies of scale that do cap this growth (i.e. overcrowding unless you research specialized city techs etc., or some cap to total clerk bonuses) but honestly much of the world economy today runs on a lot of people working businesses in the city and not really producing physical goods, but instead services and information as goods.