oversave

This isn't a call to "oversave" - that's unhealthy.

The Simple Dollar 2009

As I commented in a different thread, if everyone is responsible for providing for their own old age, since there is vast uncertainty in how much we should save for our old age, and the consequences of undersaving are dire, we will, on the whole, oversave, perhaps enough to produce a liquidity trap.

Kotlikoff Anecdote, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Since the consequences of undersaving (destitution in one's old age) seem more dire than those of oversaving (unnecessary frugality in one's productive years), if the decision of how much to save is left to individuals, most of them, being risk-averse, will oversave.

Libertarian Basics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

But if inequality becomes so great that people lose all hope of changing their relative positions, then the incentive to oversave disappears, and the inequality could begin to shrink.

More Sex Is Safer Sex Steven E. Landsburg 2007

But if inequality becomes so great that people lose all hope of changing their relative positions, then the incentive to oversave disappears, and the inequality could begin to shrink.

More Sex Is Safer Sex Steven E. Landsburg 2007

If you save for yourself, you have to worry about living to 99, and conservatism may well lead you to oversave.

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

And if money isn't going to bring you as much happiness in your old age, that's further reason not to oversave.

Slate Magazine 2008

And if money isn't going to bring you as much happiness in your old age, that's further reason not to oversave.

Slate Magazine 2008

And if money isn't going to bring you as much happiness in your old age, that's further reason not to oversave.

Muti 2008

Young people oversave in an effort to improve their own prospects, and old people oversave in an attempt to improve their children’s prospects.

More Sex Is Safer Sex Steven E. Landsburg 2007