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The Roots of Modern Macroeconomics
Aggregate supply
independent of
Price level
aggregate demand
O Y
National output
Different aggregate supply curves: (a)
AS
Price level
P1
AD1
O Y
National output
Different aggregate supply curves: (a)
AS
Price level
P2
P1
AD2
AD1
O Y
National output
THREE KEY ISSUES
Aggregate supply
totally dependent on
Price level
aggregate demand
P AS
National output
Price level Different aggregate supply curves: (b)
P AS
AD1
O Y1
National output
Price level Different aggregate supply curves: (b)
P AS
AD2
AD1
O Y1 Y2
National output
THREE KEY ISSUES
National output
Different aggregate supply curves: (c)
Aggregate supply becoming
less and less responsive to
aggregate demand as full
employment is reached
AS
Price level
P1
AD1
O Y1
National output
Different aggregate supply curves: (c)
Aggregate supply becoming
less and less responsive to
aggregate demand as full
employment is reached
AS
Price level
P2
P1
AD2
AD1
O Y1 Y2
National output
THREE KEY ISSUES
Classical
Macroeconomics
CLASSICAL MACROECONOMICS
Investment (demand)
O
Quantity of loanable funds
The market for loanable funds
Saving (supply)
Rate of interest
r1
Investment (demand)
O
Quantity of loanable funds
The market for loanable funds
Saving (supply)
Rate of interest
r2
Investment (demand)
O
Quantity of loanable funds
The market for loanable funds
Saving (supply)
Rate of interest
re
Investment (demand)
O
Quantity of loanable funds
CLASSICAL MACROECONOMICS
18 5
16
0
Inflation (%)
14
12 -5
10
-10
8
6 -15
4
-20
2
0 -25
1919 1921 1923 1925 1927 1929 1931 1933 1935 1937
UK unemployment and inflation: 1919 38
24 15
Unemployment
22
10
20
Unemployment (% of workforce)
18 Inflation 5
16
0
Inflation (%)
14
12 -5
10
-10
8
6 -15
4
-20
2
0 -25
1919 1921 1923 1925 1927 1929 1931 1933 1935 1937
CLASSICAL MACROECONOMICS
AS
P2
P1
AD2
AD1
O Q1
National output
The Roots of Modern Macroeconomics
The Keynesian
Revolution
THE KEYNESIAN REVOLUTION
W1
ADL1
Disequilibrium
unemployment
ADL2
O
Quantity of labour
THE KEYNESIAN REVOLUTION
r1
Fall in consumption may
r2 discourage investment.
Investment
O
Quantity of loanable funds
THE KEYNESIAN REVOLUTION
O YP
National output
The effects of increases in aggregate demand
on national output
AS
Price level
AD4
AD3
AD1 AD2
O Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 YP
National output
THE KEYNESIAN REVOLUTION
Cd
The circular flow of income
Incomes Cd
The circular flow of income
Incomes Cd
W=S+T+M
The circular flow of income
J=I+G+X
Incomes Cd
W=S+T+M
THE KEYNESIAN REVOLUTION
The Monetarist
Keynesian Debate
THE MONETARISTKEYNESIAN DEBATE
O Un
Unemployment
THE MONETARISTKEYNESIAN DEBATE
Modern-day Keynesians
inflation
unemployment
structural problems
hysteresis
low capital stock
deskilling
insiders and outsiders
criticisms of monetarism
Keynesian policy proposals
The Roots of Modern Macroeconomics
The Current
Position
THE CURRENT POSITION
moderate monetarists
extreme Keynesians
eclectic economists
THE CURRENT POSITION
A mainstream consensus?
short-run effects of changes in AD
long-run effects of changes in AD
no simple trade-off between inflation and
unemployment
role of expectations
effects of excessive growth in the money
supply
importance of supply-side policies
erosion of governments' power by the
process of globalisation