Ch 2 - Evolution of Economic Thinking

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Monetarism

________: a school of thought in monetary economics that emphasises the role of government in controlling the amount of money in circulation.

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Neoclassical

________: focuses on how individuals operate within an economy.

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Behavioural Economics

________: Neo- classical approach that consumers behave rationally.

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total national income

Demand, and not supply, determined the ________ of a country.

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Government spending

________ is necessary to maintain employment.

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national output

Variation in the money supply has a major influence on ________ in the short run and price levels on the long term.

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Neoclassical thinking

________: a broad theory that focuses on supply and demand as driving forces behind the production, pricing, and consumption of goods and services.

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Classical economics

________: an idea that markets work best when theyre left alone and that government plays a very small rate.

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Nudge Theory

theory that consumers can be ‘nudged’ to make decisions voluntarily that are better for them and for society.

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Keynesian Economics

Government spending on infrastructure and unemployment benefits and education will increase consumer demand

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Keynesian Theories

In order to increase demand, more money should be spent and taxes should be lowered

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Alfred Marshall

the exchange of goods and services as the key factors of economic analysis

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Karl Marx

founder of communism, believed that there will be an inevitable breakdown in the capitalist free trade system

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Neoclassical thinking

a broad theory that focuses on supply and demand as driving forces behind the production, pricing, and consumption of goods and services

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Classical thinking theory

states that the value of a product is determined by the cost of production

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Neoclassical economic theory

states that the value of a product or service is determined by how the consumer perceives said product

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Monetarism

a school of thought in monetary economics that emphasises the role of government in controlling the amount of money in circulation

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Behavioural Economics

Neo-classical approach that consumers behave rationally

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Nudge Theory

theory that consumers can be ‘nudged to make decisions voluntarily that are better for them and for society

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