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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 271
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资
It is not the highly-paid class of working men and women who invest money in the savings banks; but those who earn comparatively moderate incomes. Thus the most numerous class of depositors in the Manchester and Salford Savings Bank is that of domestic servants. After them rank clerks, shopmen, porters, and miners. Only about a third part of the deposits belong to the operatives, artizans, and mechanics. It is the same in manufacturing districts generally. A few years since, it was found that of the numerous female depositors at Dundee, only one was a factory worker: the rest were for the most part servants.
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定位:Excerpt 271 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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真正在储蓄银行存钱的,往往不是高薪工人,而是收入中等甚至偏低的人。以曼彻斯特和索尔福德的储蓄银行为例,最大的储户群体是家仆,其次是职员、店员、搬运工和矿工;技工和机械工只占存款的三分之一左右。在邓迪,众多女性储户中只有一个是工厂女工,其余大多是仆人。这说明储蓄习惯与收入高低并不直接相关,关键在于是不是愿意量入为出、定期存钱。收入不高的人反而更懂得为未来打算,因为他们没有挥霍的资本。
上下文
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯是19世纪英国作家,他在《节俭》一书中用储蓄银行的数据说明节俭与收入无关。
今日一问
我是否也曾以为“等赚多了再存钱”,却忽略了眼下就能开始的节俭?
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