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Re:The money I saved as a child would buy one picogram of go... by Retric on Sunday April 17, 2022 @08:45PM (#31066064)
From your link: “income that is not spent on current consumption.”

Income is not limited to money, you can do something and be paid in physical goods. Either indirectly by being paid in them or directly by at making them ex: canning tomatoes you grew.

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Re:The money I saved as a child would buy one picogram of go... by jonhohle on Sunday April 17, 2022 @09:09PM (#31066230)
I agree with that. In that case savings would be the goods that remain unused or at least left in a condition that did not put their value at risk (e.g. eating the tomatoes). A properly canned food can be a great store of value for a decade or longer and is a hedge against inflation, however are suboptimal after a point due to their volume and mass. An entire pantry may be the equivalent value of one oz of gold, for example, though with more immediate utility.
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