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..private sector is forecast by the OECD to run a surplus - an excess of income over spending - of 10 per cent of GDP this year.

Obviously by "private sector surplus," he means profits, not economic surplus (=the amount of wealth created).

On a consolidated basis, the UK's private surplus funds nearly 90 per cent of the fiscal deficit.

..and profits are savings and all savings come from profits. Not from labour. The solution: Increase profits, so that public sector can take more debt and fix the economy.
Sorry, but it does not work that way.

by kjr63 on Sat May 29th, 2010 at 09:37:25 AM EST
The private sector tries to decrease its leverage. Income is used to pay down debt and not reinvested. I don't think looking at the situation in terms of profits is useful.

Wait this is important. Someone is wrong on the Internet.
by generic on Sat May 29th, 2010 at 11:08:13 AM EST
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