Someone who is foresighted can confront many situations of life; despite the contingency life can have. “The Ant and the Grasshopper” is an Aesop’s Fable adapted by Jean de la Fountain. It has been adapted throughout the ages. Aesop was a legendary Greek fabulist (620–560 BC). He was a reputed creator of numerous short tales about animals, all of these illustrated human virtues and failings (World Encyclopedia). The french poet and man of letters Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) was one of the great French classical authors. He preferred to work in relatively minor and unexploited genres, such as the fable and the verse tale (Encyclopedia of World Biography). The Ant and the Grasshopper was published in 1867, in Greece. Aesop’s Fable illustrates the necessity to save for the
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Some people save money to afford some expensive goods they will need in the future or to buy for a special event. For example, young men save money to buy beautiful engagement rings to their fiancés while parents save money to pay for their daughters’ weddings. Some couples also save money to have the deposit required to buy a house. On the other hand, there are people who save money just for the pleasure to have a lot of money, and they are not planning on buying anything with that money. This saving affect the economy because it decrease the quantity of money in the economy. For example, there are people who keep all their money at home because they want to see their money at all the time want to. They do not believe their money is safe in banks, and they do not want anyone to touch their money. In a column titled “Why Saving is Killing the Economy,” senior writer Chris Isidore states that the increases in savings that accompanied the onset of the recession might make sense to each individual household, but are collectively problematic “when what the economy needs most is for consumers to be spending more freely”
Some people save money to afford some expensive goods they will need in the future or to buy for a special event. For example, young men save money to buy beautiful engagement rings to their fiancés while parents save money to pay for their daughters’ weddings. Some couples also save money to have the deposit required to buy a house. On the other hand, there are people who save money just for the pleasure to have a lot of money, and they are not planning on buying anything with that money. This saving affect the economy because it decrease the quantity of money in the economy. For example, there are people who keep all their money at home because they want to see their money at all the time want to. They do not believe their money is safe in banks, and they do not want anyone to touch their money. In a column titled “Why Saving is Killing the Economy,” senior writer Chris Isidore states that the increases in savings that accompanied the onset of the recession might make sense to each individual household, but are collectively problematic “when what the economy needs most is for consumers to be spending more freely”