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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction

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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (53562)11/16/2006 11:05:27 AM
From: TimF   of 90947
 
If you save it might provide capital for investment, or it might go to a loan that is used for consumption.

Investing is good, but it is not driven by the cost of capital.

I disagree unless you mean only that it isn't entirely driven by the cost of capital.

What's your opinion of Say's law?

Aside: Inflation discourages saving. Does saving reduce inflation?

Depends on what's done with the saved funds. I'm not sure there is a simple and reliably accurate answer to that question.
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