Comments on: Americans do indeed spend more when Thanksgiving falls early https://www.isegoria.net/2021/11/americans-do-indeed-spend-more-when-thanksgiving-falls-early/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:01:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Steven C https://www.isegoria.net/2021/11/americans-do-indeed-spend-more-when-thanksgiving-falls-early/comment-page-1/#comment-3471918 Steven C Sat, 04 Dec 2021 03:36:10 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=48367#comment-3471918 So, what’s the effect in Canada, where Thanksgiving occurs the second Monday of October?

]]> By: bomag https://www.isegoria.net/2021/11/americans-do-indeed-spend-more-when-thanksgiving-falls-early/comment-page-1/#comment-3469441 bomag Sat, 27 Nov 2021 12:22:03 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=48367#comment-3469441 I wonder from where comes all this money? Doesn’t seem like the kind of spending that creates anything; it is mainly a shift of resources into pure consumption.

I suppose one could argue that the thrill of holiday spending spurs people to work harder and create more on their jobs so they can blow it on trinkets that will soon pass to a landfill. But if anyone here wants to send me a shop tool for Christmas, I promise to do productive work with it.

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