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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
What is better for the economy, middle class consumption or rich peoples' investments?

For example $1,000 invested or $1,000 in consumption?
gpt
Roughly speaking: 

The investment allows for more rapid rates of growth

The consumption allows for more immediate growth.

So imagine an X-Y axis where X-axis = time, Y-axis = GDP per capita as a proxy for living standards. 

$1000 in consumption allows for a line starting at a higher level but with a low gradient. With no/ little capital investment the productive capacity of the economy struggles to grow. 

$1000 in investment allows for a line starting at a lower level but with a higher gradient (or more steep sloping upwards). 

Eventually the lower line will intersect and overtake the higher (consumption driven) line. But how long this will take is anyone’s guess. People will prefer each scenario based on their personal time horizons (for example, years of life left).