interest stimulates savings. this is generally a bad idea. Keynes was actually in favour of a tax on money (negative interest), to stimulate spending. but for physical currencies this costs administration. a digital currency would be perfect for it. just don't take it to prepaid-visa-levels
Keynes chose to back inflation instead. that's what you'll need to stimulate spending in a positive interest system. You should stimulate spending _________________ This weeks pet peeve: Using "voltage" instead of "potential", which leads to inventing new words like "amperage" instead of "current" (I, measured in A) or possible "charge" (amperehours, Ah or Coulomb, C). Sometimes I don't even know what people mean.
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