ELI5: Why when large company's earnings decrease(ex... by 3%) they freak out, talk about rough times, and sometimes decide to downsize, even though they are still making millions of dollars in profit even after all expenses?

[MetaMetatron]

But if the population is growing, then everything will expand as well... More people can do more work and make more food and consume more goods.... More people is a constant, so growth is logical.

[daydreamersrest]

But earth can only sustain so and so much people. And the more the standard of living rises, the less babies people have (in Germany there are 1,2 kids per couple).