Economic Imperialism Edward P. Lazear Hoover Institution and Graduate School of Business Stanford University May‚ 1999 This research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation. I am grateful to Kenneth Arrow‚ James Baron‚ Gary Becker‚ Roger Faith‚ Claudia Goldin‚ Morley Gunderson‚ Larry Katz‚ Robert Lucas‚ Michael Schwarz‚ Andrei Shleifer‚ and Nancy Stokey for helpful comments and discussions. Abstract Economics is not only a social science‚ it is a genuine science
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Depression in the 1920s‚ Simon Kuznets first developed the idea of an instrument‚ which could - just like a clinical thermometer - measure the economic development within a country‚ the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This new approach in modern Macroeconomics‚ though it cannot measure human happiness‚ admittedly is the most important indicator of a national economic performance. In order to raise a national GDP‚ the state’s government has the duty to intervene. John Keynes championed the idea of a contra-
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First of all‚ before I will discuss this article‚ I will define first what is Economics and its kinds. Economics is the study of how the forces of supply and demand allocate scarce resources. Subdivided into microeconomics‚ which examines the behavior of firms‚ consumers and the role of government; and macroeconomics‚ which looks at inflation‚ unemployment‚ industrial production‚ and the role of government. In this news paper article‚ it talks about the condition of the consumer with the inflation
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FISCAL POLICY AS AN ECONOMIC STABILIZATION MEASURE Fiscal Policy refers to the various decisions undertaken by the government regarding public expenditures and revenue. There are a large number of sub-policies that are encompassed by the fiscal system. But all the policies can be broadly categorized as being either ‘Public Expenditure’ or ‘Public Revenue’. It can be said that the fiscal policy is a direct government intervention in the economic processes of an economy. The fiscal policy
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Microeconomics Obama’s Economic Recovery Plan The 2008 U.S Presidential election brought to power the Democratic Party’s candidate Barrack Obama to the oval office in the White House. The election had been marred with contentious issues of social‚ political and economic content. However‚ the issue of the economy got major attention as a result of the sub prime mortgage crisis‚ the ensuing credit crunch‚ an economy moving into recession and the bankruptcy of giants like Bear Sterns and Lehman Brothers
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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS – SHORT TERM Indian economy is third largest economy in Asia and growing with 2nd most growth rate in the world. Despite the above fact‚ presently it is going through one of the turbulence times. The growth rate of India has slowed down to 6.5% for the FY12 and outlook for FY13 is between 6.5% to 7%. Inflation and interest was at higher levels during the FY 2011-12. Adding to this‚ higher Fiscal deficit and CAD lead to depreciation of currency to Rs. 55 a dollar. Yield on G-Sec
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ECONOMICS conimists- 16th and 17th centuries. hysiocrats (farmers) ercantalists (traders) Father of Economics/ Father of the classical school of economic thought- Adam Smith (In 1776‚ he wrote ’An enquiry into the nature and causes of the Wealth of Nations’) According to Smith‚ self interest was an invisible hand which would work for the common benefit of the community. The Great Depression of 1929 was a phase in which supply exceeded demand. John Maynard Keynes (a British economist)
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Classical Economics vs. Keynesian Economics For the first time‚ the younger generations in America who have only studied about the Great Depression witnessed noticeable inflation‚ severe economic downturn and drastic measures taken by the U.S. government as the economic crisis unfolded. In order for us to make sense of what we have learned in the classrooms‚ we will examine the Classical and the Keynesian schools of the economic thought and the standpoint of Mr. Ben Bernanke and the current administration
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In economics‚ deflation is a sustained decrease in the general price level of goods and services.[1] Deflation occurs when the inflation rate falls below zero percent‚ resulting in an increase in the real value of money — a negative inflation rate. This should not be confused with disinflation‚ a slow-down in the inflation rate (i.e. when the inflation decreases‚ but still remains positive).[2] Inflation reduces the real value of money over time‚ conversely‚ deflation increases the real value of
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Comparisons and Contrasts Between the Textbook “Keynesian” View of the Proper Way to Reduce Unemployment and Keynes’s Own Discussion of the Trade Cycle John Maynard Keynes (June 1883 – April 1946)‚ one of the founders of modern macroeconomics‚ was a British economist who till this day is known as one of the most influential economists of his time. Keynes’s ideas greatly affected the theory and practice of modern macroeconomics and in addition enlightened the economic policies of governments. Keynes became
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