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greater share of the annual product intended for consumption. From the standpoint of these valiant upholders of 'plain common sense,' such periods should prevent the coming of crises. It would appear, therefore, that capitalist production includes conditions which are independent of good will or bad will. . ." Marx argued that the primary source of capitalist crisis was not located in the realm of consumption, but rather, in production. In general, as
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are produced by the lack of paying consumption or paying consumers. The capitalist system recognizes only paying consumers, with the exception of those in receipt of poor law support or the 'rogues.' When commodities are unsalable, it means simply that there are no purchasers, or consumers, for them.
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affecting a financial market. Eventually (in 1929), the over-investment boom ended, leaving unused industrial capacity and debt obligations, discouraging immediate recovery. Note that Devine does not see all booms in these terms. In the late 1960s, the U.S. saw "over-investment relative to supply,"
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and, other than Malthus, Keynes did not credit the existence of other proponents of underconsumption, stating instead that Ricardo "conquered" English economics. This is now understood to be false – other British proponents of underconsumption are now well-established, but, as Keynes demonstrated,
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in factories, machines, and housing, government purchases of goods and services, and exports (net of imports). Further, few economists believe that persistent stagnation is the normal state toward which a capitalist economy tends. But it is possible in Keynesian economics that falling consumption
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does not receive enough of its own product and that the evil would be dispelled immediately it received a greater share,i.e., if its wages were increased, all one can say is that crises are invariably preceded by periods in which wages in general rise and the working class receives a relatively
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developed a theory of underconsumption in the 1920s that became highly influential among policy makers. The argument was that governmental intervention, especially spending on public works programs, was essential to restore the balance between production and consumption. The theory strongly
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from 1976, Michael Bleaney defined two main elements of classical (pre-Keynesian) underconsumption theory. First, the only source of recessions, stagnation, and other aggregate demand failures was inadequate consumer demand. Second, a capitalist economy tends toward a state of persistent
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Today these ideas, regardless of provenance, are grouped in academia under the rubric of "Keynesian economics", due to Keynes's role in consolidating, elaborating, and popularizing them. Keynes himself specifically discussed underconsumption (which he wrote "under-consumption") in
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has argued, production creates the basis for consumption, because it puts purchasing power into the hands of workers and fellow capitalists. To produce anything requires the individual capitalist to buy machines (capital goods) and employ workers.
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One of the early underconsumption theories says that because workers are paid a wage less than they produce, they cannot buy back as much as they produce. Thus, there will always be inadequate demand for the product.
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In Volume III, Part III of Das Kapital, Marx presents a theory of crisis which is solidly grounded in the contradictions he sees in the realm of capitalist production: the Tendency of the
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who wrote "What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great Kingdom," and on grounds of Christian morality. These criticisms were revised by
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also stagnates. As noted above, this does not mean that the economy as a whole must dwell in the economic cellar. In the 1920s, private fixed investment soared, as did "
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until underconsumption theory was largely replaced by Keynesian economics which points to a more complete explanation of the failure of aggregate demand to attain
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Modern Keynesian economics has largely superseded underconsumption theories. Falling consumer demand need not cause a recession, since other parts of
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they were poorly documented, and by the 1930s not well-known. Further, they did not form a unified school, but rather related heterodox ideas.
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Underconsumption theory dates to the earlier economic theory of mercantilism, and an early history of underconsumptionism is given in
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has occurred (e.g., 1931–33), private investment can be blocked by debt, unused capacity, pessimistic expectations, and increasing
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As quoted by Franz Mehring in his biography of Karl Marx, p. 404 of the 1935 Covici, Friede edition, tr. Edward Fitzgerald
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There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
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Underconsumption was a small part of mercantilist theory, in Heckscher's view, but was discussed by a number of authors.
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in Britain in the 19th century, particularly from 1815 onwards, who advanced the theory of underconsumption and rejected
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in which abundant accumulation pulls up wages and raw material costs, depressing the rate of profit on the supply side.
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of economists argued an underconsumptionist theory from 1815, and some of the writings of the school's leading member
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arise from an inadequate consumer demand, relative to the amount produced. In other words, there is a problem of
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Chapter 23. Notes on Mercantilism, The Usury Laws, Stamped Money and Theories of Under-Consumption, section VII
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Chapter 23. Notes on Mercantilism, The Usury Laws, Stamped Money and Theories of Under-Consumption, section VII
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and restricted consumption of the masses as compared to the tendency of capitalist production to develop the
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in such a way that only the absolute power of consumption of the entire society would be their limit."
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has pointed to two possible roles for underconsumption in the business cycle and the origins of the
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When people attempt to give this redundancy an appearance of some deeper meaning by saying that the
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and similar sentiments date to antiquity, in addition to the mercantilist statements cited above:
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dates to work in the 1890s by the Australian economist Alfred De Lissa, the Danish politician
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and overinvestment during a demand crisis. The theory formed the basis for the development of
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as much as (perhaps) the general economic environment in which they occur. Compare to the
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The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
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The Ricardo-Malthus Debate on Underconsumption: A Case Study in Economic Conversation
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The theory of underconsumption has been criticized by classical economists such as
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First, he interprets the dynamics of the U.S. economy in the 1920s as being one of
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Underconsumption is an old concept in economics that goes back to the 1598 French
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reject underconsumptionist stagnation theories. However, Marxian economist
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Herbert Hoover, the Economists, and American Economic Policy, 1921–1933
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Black, R. D. C. (1967). "Parson Malthus, the General and the Captain".
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may rise to counteract this effect. These other elements are private
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in his reconciliation of Sismondi's work with classical economics.
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Checkland, S. G. (1948). "The Birmingham Economists, 1815-1850".
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Malthus was credited by Keynes as a predecessor for his views on
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because of this. Thus, underconsumption is not seen as part of
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An underconsumption theory of the economic cycle was given by
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proposed underconsumption and overproduction as causes of the
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Underconsumption Theories: A History and Critical Analysis
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Underconsumption Theories: A History and Critical Analysis
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Les Trésors et richesses pour mettre l'Estat en splendeur
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Alan H. Gleason, "Foster and Catchings: A Reappraisal,"
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and which debate continued in private correspondence.
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The Treasures and riches to put the State in splendor
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The Treasures and riches to put the State in splendor
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The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
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Economic stagnation from inadequate consumer demand
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Index

Underconsumptionist
economics
stagnation
overproduction
Keynesian economics
aggregate demand

heterodox economists
classical economics
Ricardian economics
mainstream economics
mercantilist
Barthélemy de Laffemas
Say's Law
potential output
full employment
depression
business cycles
tendency of the rate of profit to fall
aggregate demand
fixed investment
economic crisis
Marx
poverty
productive forces
Das Kapital
crises
working class
Anwar Shaikh
rate of profit

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