Question: Economics articles on fundamental vs. speculative demand?

shivohum — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:57:54 -0800

Are there good articles/books that explain in detail the economics concept of fundamental demand vs. speculative demand, and how one might distinguish one from the other? What is the basis of this distinction in the economics literature and which famous economists, living or dead, talk about it (and in which of their works)?

By: cmchap

cmchap — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:14:14 -0800

Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations covers this split a little bit if I remember correctly, but never concisely in one chapter.

Wikipedia says it's a Keynesian idea, so check out his stuff.

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By: cmchap