Dishoarding
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In economics, dishoarding is the opposite of hoarding. In the case of hoarding emphasized most by macroeconomics, someone increases his or her holdings of money as an asset. People may hoard for safety, expected returns, irrationality, or to diversify assets, rather than using money simply as a medium of exchange for buying goods and services. Thus, dishoarding refer to the reduction of one's asset holdings of money.
In economics, dishoarding is the opposite of hoarding. In the case of hoarding emphasized most by macroeconomics, someone increases his or her holdings of money as an asset. People may hoard for safety, expected returns, irrationality, or to diversify assets, rather than using money simply as a medium of exchange for buying goods and services. Thus, dishoarding refer to the reduction of one's asset holdings of money.
Demurrage currency
The German-Argentine economist Silvio Gesell argued that money should be forced to depreciate over time, in order to disincentivize hoarding and prevent rent-seeking. Gesell's experiences with the 1890 recession in Argentina lead him to believe that the durability and hoardability of traditional money impede its circulation: "When confidence exists, there is money in the market; when confidence is wanting, money withdraws". As a result, Gesell proposed demurrage currency, a new form of money that is intended to prevent hoarding and avoid disrupting the circular flow of income, goods, and services.
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