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One problem with opening the upper echelons to lower classes, is that the lower classes are more desperate for money and thus more easily corrupted. You couldn't offer GW Bush much…

Restuarants regularly give away free samples to gain "word of mouth" reputation.

Earlier you argued that people are not saving too much. However, your article says that people are in fact saving so much that the Fed is trying to turn them away. According to the…

The Fed can't manipulate interest rates down. They have to offer a high enough rate to sell their notes. Right now there is such over-saving that the fed can clear the sales by off…

What's the use of getting a good at a lower price if you've lost your job? To get back to your original question, I think the global economy may have been hurt due to China's merca…

Think of this way. What if today, everyone decided to spend nothing and invest all their money. What will happen to the world economy? You can't make money investing in a business …

True. In our specialized economy everyone's dependent on each other.

The problem with your analysis is that a business needs investors and customers to succeed. Excessive saving can harm an economy.