Low tax rates make it easier to get to the point of diminishing marginal utility from extra work and incremental investment risk.

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Like most everything else, holding money has diminishing marginal utility.

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Remember the law of diminishing marginal utility in Econ 101?

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Just as diminishing marginal utility means more of something adds less and less to total utility (bank reserves), it also means that less of something (bologna) will raise its utility at the margin.

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And unless they repeal the laws of diminishing returns, marginal utility and supply and demand, the paper money will lose out.

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