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Increased individual saving adversely affects overall economic growth
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Economic evidence confirms the paradox of thrift, showing that increased individual saving reduces aggregate demand and adversely affects overall economic growth.

Evidence for · 2
2019 · cited by 25
Demonstrates that a rise in global savings drops aggregate demand and depresses output, illustrating the paradox of global thrift.
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Papers [1] and [2] directly examine the macroeconomic consequences of increased savings and support the claim that higher savings can depress aggregate demand and hinder economic performance. The remaining papers cover unrelated topics such as cardiovascular statistics, carbon pricing, health effects of household energy, secondhand fashion consumption, inflation roots in Africa, inflation in Nepal, regional shocks during the pandemic, sustainable fashion among women, psychology of capitalism, and economic growth in Somalia, making them either tangential or irrelevant to the specific claim.

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2018 · cited by 8
Finds that class-differentiated savings reduce macroeconomic performance and exert downward pressure on aggregate demand in mature economies.
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  1. 2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  2. The Paradox of Global Thriftpeer-reviewedsupports
  3. Demand driven growth and capital distribution in a two class model with applications to the United Statespeer-reviewedsupports
  4. Carbon pricing drives critical transition to green growth.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  5. Household energy use and health in low-income and middle-income countries.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  6. Secondhand fashion consumers exhibit fast fashion behaviors despite sustainability narratives.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  7. Soaring inflation in sub-Saharan Africa: A fiscal root?peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  8. Inflation and Economic Growth Paradox: A Co-integration Analysis in Nepalpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  9. Regional Aspects of Demand and Supply Shocks: Economy of the Khabarovsk Territory During a Pandemicpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  10. The perspectives of women on sustainable fashion consumption: Comparative study of university teachers and students.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  11. The crisis we are not naming: The psychology of capitalism.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  12. Evaluating the impact of remittance, FDI and export on economic growth of Somalia: an empirical analysispeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
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