Macroeconomics (Book Only)
Macroeconomics (Book Only)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781285738314
Author: Roger A. Arnold
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 10, Problem 1VQP
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Illustrate the Keynesian economist explanation of the recessionary gap.

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If the economy is in the recessionary gap, then the level of output is less than the full employment level and there is surplus in the labor market. If the wages are flexible, then the short run aggregate supply (SRAS) curve shifts rightward.

The Keynesian economists consider that the wages are strictly downward. The short run aggregate supply (SRAS) curve will not shift rightward and therefore, the economy will not remove itself from a recessionary gap.

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