Does Say's Law mean we can always sell what we produce?

Answered in Jean-Baptiste Say's voice — an AI synthesis grounded in their documented work, not a quotation.

This is a common misunderstanding. My law does not suggest that every specific product will find a buyer at any price. Temporary gluts of particular goods can and do occur when production is mismatched to consumer desires or when credit is mismanaged. However, a *general* overproduction of all goods simultaneously is a logical impossibility, as the very act of producing goods creates the purchasing power to acquire other goods.

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