“The Paradox of Thrift (or saving) is a reductio ad absurdum by John Maynard Keynes that avers that if everyone saves, aggregate demand will decline, and this will imperil the economy. We’d like to contribute the ‘Paradox of Spending’ to Econ 101. This maxim holds that if everyone spends, there are no savings; debt surges and the implosion of that debt collapses an economy.”
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Paradox of Spending
The King Report has a great analogy of Keynes' Paradox of Thrift:
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