Hoarding (i.e., saving) is literally deferred consumption. That is the definition of saving. Saving is not consumption.

Also, interest rate is not time preference. Time preference is part of human nature. It does not require a loan market or an interest rate or money or society.

That Crusoe is not in a loan market is precisely the point. You say (correctly) that Crusoe is demonstrating low time preference by saving. But then you introduce money and loan markets and interest rates and get confused.

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