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Post #352,174 by drook 12/20/11 1:56:47 PM Reply	? Grow the macro economy? Isn't that the result of increasing demand? How can that be the cause of increasing demand? Increase the population. Okay, I missed that one. But with unemployment already ridiculously high, do you really think that's going to help anything? Change tastes ... so that you increase desire. That was my #1. Reduce prices of staples. How? Reduce margins? Increase efficiency? Outsource even more? Lay off more people? Not seeing how that helps. -- Drew
Post #352,180 by beepster 12/20/11 4:32:05 PM Reply	Re: ? Reduce price of staples... Let's see...stop using corn to make ethanol. One example. Stop paying farmers not to grow. Invest in agricultural land restoration. Drill, baby, drill. To name a few. Grow macro...invest in PRODUCTIVE resources (something our gov has failed to do) . Then you pay down the resulting debt with the increase in revenues over time. (see above re: restoration...drilling...cross country pipelines (new add)..all not on table or actively opposed..all net job additions=increased net income=economic growth.) Instead, they've added backdoor bailouts. And increasing desire or changing and defining taste was your number one with a caveat. Your number one added "with savings". And if you think Jobs never created demand...then how did he sell ipod 1? It never existed prior to his (company's) invention of it. It certainly was not "needed". If you assume his actions netted no demand, then no new invention would ever succeed. If I don't demand it now, then I should not demand it ever. Straight logical progression. Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
Post #352,183 by drook 12/20/11 4:58:52 PM Reply	How many times do you spend a dollar? Every iPod sold to people without savings was several hundred dollars not spent on something else. How is that a net increase in demand? You're mixing micro and macro. -- Drew

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