Għal miżuri alternattivi inklużi bidliet fil-valur tas-suq tal-assi eżistenti tal-familji, ara William G. Gale u John Sabelhaus, Perspectives on the Household Saving Rate, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (1:1999), pp. 181-224; u Richard Peach u Charles Steindel, A Nation of Spendthrifts?
Ma tistax tbiddel il-valuri tal-assi tal-familji.