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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 262

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资

It often happens that workmen lose their employment in "bad times." Mercantile concerns become bankrupt, clerks are paid off, and servants are dismissed when their masters can no longer employ them. If the disemployed people have been in the habit of regularly consuming all their salaries and wages, without laying anything by, their case is about the most pitiable that can be imagined. But if they have saved something, at home or in the savings bank, they will be enabled to break their fall. They will obtain some breathing-time, before they again fall into employment. Suppose they have as much as ten pounds saved. It may seem a very little sum, yet in distress it amounts to much. It may even prove a man's passport to future independence.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 262 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

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经济不景气时,工人常会失业,公司破产、职员被裁、仆人被辞。如果平时把工资花光、没有积蓄,处境最惨。但若存了钱,无论在家还是银行,就能缓冲冲击,获得喘息时间,再找新工作。哪怕只存了十英镑,看似很少,困境中却作用巨大,甚至成为未来独立的通行证。核心是储蓄提供应对失业的缓冲。做法是平时定期存钱,哪怕金额不大,关键时刻能救命。

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《节俭》讨论失业风险时,强调储蓄作为安全网的作用。

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如果明天突然失去收入,你手头的积蓄能支撑你多久?

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