If wage rates are not flexible, can the economy be self-regulating? Explain your answer.

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If wage rates are not flexible, can the economy be self-regulating? Explain your answer.

 
 
 
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Classical economics perceives an economy to be a self-regulating system that is capable of correcting its inefficient outcomes as governed by the natural laws of production and exchange, assuming all variables are flexible. Under the classical assumption, the aggregate demand in an economy is always equal to its optimal productive capacity. 

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