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UNDER-CONSUMPTION [1 record]

Record 1 2001-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
CONT

... the chronic tendency of contemporary societies to under-employment is to be traced to under-consumption; -- that is to say, to social practices and to a distribution of wealth which result in a propensity to consume which is unduly low.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
CONT

[...] des théories [...] voient la cause du cycle économique dans une sous-consommation. En d'autres termes, la demande globale, vers la fin de la période de prospérité, ne croît pas à une vitesse suffisante pour être en accord avec le développement de l'appareil de production.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía nacional e internacional
DEF

Teoría que sostiene la tendencia, inherente, a una insuficiencia del nivel de consumo en relación con la capacidad de producción.

OBS

[El subconsumo] conduce a la caída de los precios, a la disminución de la producción, y en último extremo al incremento del desempleo. El subconsumo es el resultado no de una propensión creciente al ahorro, o de un exceso del mismo, sino que proviene del estancamiento de los niveles de renta de una parte importante de la población, como consecuencia de inercias inequitativas en la distribución de riqueza y renta.

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