Eugene Coyle wrote: > ... Unless there is a massive income redistribution in the USA in > favor of the lower income quintiles, people won't be able to purchase what > they can produce. Tax reform won't do this job.
Some old guy developed a theory back in 1936 that suggested that government purchases (including military spending) can substitute for domestic consumer spending, as can exports and (in theory) fixed investment. In other words, Keynesianism has largely superseded underconsumptionist theories, so that if we're going to be underconsumptionist, we should use Keynesian ideas. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
