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Borrowing to Shift Consumption from the Future to the Present
Borrowing allows an individual with future income but limited present funds to shift their consumption from a later period to the present. [1] This mechanism enables them to choose any affordable combination of present and future consumption along their feasible frontier, rather than being restricted to their initial endowment. [1]
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