The paragraph you mention is a misconstrual of keynesianism, in "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" Keynes made a comment that it might almost make sense to pay the unemployed to dig holes in the ground and fill them in for the sake of the economic activity that would be generated as a consequence. Buying windows XP might bear a certain isomorphism to the digging of holes (the adjective "deeper" comes to mind) but it puts the money in the hands of someone who already has more money than they know what to do with, and who is unlikely to spend it; which is where the part about getting the economy moving again comes into play.
Remember money that is not being spent is not creating any econmic activity. On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Bob Miller wrote: > Ralph Zeller wrote: > > > Now, now. Windows XP is very secure: > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7050-2001Dec20.html > > That article includes this paragraph: > > > The flaws, discovered five weeks ago by independent security > > researchers, threatened to undermine widespread adoption of > > Microsoft's latest Windows software, which many hope will be an > > economic catalyst for the sagging technology industry. > > So giving Microsoft more money counts as stimulating the economy? > > I have a better idea. Tell your friends to give me all their money, > and, in exchange, I won't make their computers run any worse. The > economy will benefit, your friends will benefit (relative to buying > XP), and, of course, I'll benefit, but I'm really doing this for the > economy. > > Remember, the more you give me, the better the economy gets! > > -- > Bob Miller K<bob> > kbobsoft software consulting > http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.efn.org/~laprice ( Community, Cooperation, Consensus http://www.opn.org ( Openness to serendipity, make mistakes http://www.efn.org/~laprice/poems ( but learn from them.(carpe fructus ludi) http://allie.office.efn.org/phpwiki/index.php?OregonPublicNetworking
