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Keynesianism

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5.1. What It Is

Keynes’s The General Theory.

5.2. Equilibrium in the Product Market

Market equilibrium can occur below full employment; policy may be used to support demand and employment. Definition: national income = consumption + saving. Equilibrium condition: investment = saving.

5.2.1. Consumption Function

Consumption rises with income; APC = consumption / income, MPC = change in consumption / change in income.

5.2.2. Investment Function

Investment depends on interest rates and the marginal efficiency of capital.

5.2.2.1. National Income

Two-, three-, and four-sector accounting relationships are used to connect expenditure and income.

5.2.2.2. Multiplier Theory

Multiplier = 1 / (1 - marginal propensity to consume).

5.2.2.3. Acceleration Theory

The accelerator links changes in income to changes in investment.

5.2.2.4. IS Curve

The IS curve describes product-market equilibrium combinations of income and interest rates.

5.3. Equilibrium in the Money Market

5.3.1. Demand for Money

Transaction, precautionary, and speculative motives.

5.3.2. Money Supply

The simplified model treats nominal money supply as policy-determined.

5.3.3. Money-Market Equilibrium

The LM curve describes money-market equilibrium.

5.4. General Equilibrium of Product and Money Markets

The IS-LM intersection is simultaneous equilibrium.

5.5. Keynesian Economic Policy

5.5.1. Full Employment

5.5.2. Price-Level Stability

5.5.3. Rapid Economic Growth

5.5.4. Balance of Payments Equilibrium

5.6. Fiscal Policy

5.6.1. Government Expenditure

5.6.2. Government Revenue

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