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A balanced view of Saving



Title: A balanced view of Saving

Pathological saving does cause unemployment, but all saving is not
necessarily pathological. There is healthy saving and pathological saving or
hoarding.

Hoarding is motivated by the anticipation of losing monetary rewards.

Healthy saving is motivated by the anticipation of greater non-monetary
rewards. This is the proper application of the principle of delayed gratification
to economic theory.

A balanced theory of saving could eventually tells us how to achieve full
employment without inducing inflation.

Harry Veeder




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