Spendthrift in America? On Two Decades of Decline in the U.S. Saving Rate
Published Date
Copyright 2000
ISBN 0-262-52271-3
Published From Paper
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Working Paper
Author(s):
Jonathan A. Parker
During the past two decades, the personal saving rate in the United States has fallen from eight percent to below zero...
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