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Now, if Keynes' interest-rate theory is not so easily written off, perhaps we should also look again at that paradox of thrift.
You could get a black dress or black suit for lots of money, but that was only occasionally permissible and mostly not possible; and there were no thrift shops full of interesting castoffs.
The paradox of thrift and the widow's cruse are both major themes in William Greider's latest book, which I discussed last month.
Both groups talk up abstract virtues like honor, commitment, and thrift, but conservatives then propose specific policies that put into law their moral and religious preferences in order to deal with all sorts of issues: unwed mothers, absent fathers, unruly schoolchildren, gay lovers, and so on.
But the defining characteristic of a therapeutic bill is its thrift: It doesn't increase the budget; it requires no new taxes; and it offends no special-interest group.