Two(?) solutions(?) to two(?) different(?) problems(?)

We need to consume! Show the bastards they haven't taken away our will to live (read: spend)

Versus

Dying of consumption (read: therefore, (we) "must now give way to a renewal of saving and investment. That's the best hope for economic recovery..."
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Are these solutions or soothing ointment for a burn?
Are these two different problems or just aspects of the same one?
Are they problems or just natural outcomes of our globalised, interconnected, parochial global village?