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What does Say’s Law imply?

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There can neither be a general overproduction nor underproduction of goods.

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Say’s Law

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Supply creates its own demand

Aggregate Supply = Aggregate Demand

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What is needed for Say’s Law to hold in a money economy

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Funds saved must give rise to an equal amount invested.

Interest rates will adjust to equate savings and investment.

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Classical economists on prices and wages

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  • most - if not all - markets are competitive

- prices and wages will adjust quickly to any surpluses or shortages. Equilibrium will be reestablished quickly.

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Three possible states of real- and natural real GDP

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  • Inflationary Gap
  • Recessionary Gap
  • Long-term equilibrium
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Inflationary gap i.t.o. GDP

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Real GDP > Natural real GDP

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Recessionary gap

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Real GDP < Natural Real GDP

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Long-term equilibrium i.t.o. GDP

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Real GDP = Natural Real GDP

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Adjustments from a recessionary gap

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Real GDP < Natural Real GDP
U > U(N)
Surplus in the labour market
Wages fall
SRAS shifts to the right
Economy moves to the long-run equilibrium
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Adjustments from an inflationary gap

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Real GDP > Natural Real GDP
U < U(N)
Shortage in Labour market
Wages rise
SRAS shifts to the left
Economy moves to long-run equilibrium
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Lassez-faire implications on public policy

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Public policy should not interfere with market activities in the economy. Government should not facilitate normal market outcomes.

Government should not impose trade restrictions, price ceilings/floors, product regulation etc.

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Lassez-afire literal mening

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Comes from “Lassez-nous faire” - meaning ‘Let us be’

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Policy implications of a view of self-regulation

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Full employment is the norm.

The economy always returns to Q(N) / U(N) due to flexible wages and prices.

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Business Cycle Macroeconomics

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Changes in real GDP with respect to a fixed LRAS -curve

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Economic growth macroeconomics

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Deals with the rightward shift of the LRAS-curve