# 節儉悖論

## 解釋

### 圖解

• 由此得出兩條函數：
• ${\displaystyle I={\overline {I}}+iY}$
• ${\displaystyle S={\overline {S}}+sY}$

## 歷史

……僅僅節制並不足以建立城市或枯竭沼澤。……如果企業進行中，不論節儉發生甚麼財富也會累積；如果企業停滯不前，不論節儉做了甚麼財富也會消耗。因此，節儉可以是企業的婢女。但同樣地她可以不是。甚或乎，她經常不是。

## 參考文獻

1. ^ Keynes, 《就業、利息與貨幣的一般理論》（The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money）, Chapter 23. Notes on Merchantilism, the Usury Laws, Stamped Money and Theories of Under-consumption
2. ^ These two formulations are given in Campbell R. McConnell (1960: 261–62), emphasis added: "By attempting to increase its rate of saving, society may create conditions under which the amount it can actually save is reduced. This phenomenon is called the paradox of thrift....[T]hrift, which has always been held in high esteem in our economy, now becomes something of a social vice."
3. ^ Hayek on the Paradox of Saving
4. ^ Pages 37-39 of http://www.mises.org/rothbard/agd.pdf
5. Nash, Robert T.; Gramm, William P. A Neglected Early Statement the Paradox of Thrift. History of Political Economy. 1969, 1 (2): 395–400. doi:10.1215/00182702-1-2-395.
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