kekez:Zakaj deflacija ni dobra?
Tu nastopi dilema, zakaj bi kupil/investiral danes, če lahko malo počakam, da bo ceneje. Dajmo počakati na jutri. Ko pride jutri: GOTO začetek. (Kdaj bo torej že ta jutri?)
Takole pravi Joseph A. Schumpeter v svoji knjigi Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy:
"Less would of course in general be saved out of a smaller than out of a bigger income. But more will be saved out of any given income if it is not expected to last or if it is expected to decrease than would be saved out of the same income if it were known to be at least stable at its current figure."
[Joseph A. Schumpeter, Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy, p. 31, note 12]
Torej, ko je vrednost denarja stabilna, ali se mu celo veča, bomo varčevali manj. Ker bo tisto, kar privarčujemo, zadostovalo za naše potrebe.