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Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics (from Greek prefix
"macr(o)-"
meaning
"large"
+
"economics") is a branch of economics
that deals with the performance,
structure,
behavior
and
decision-making
of
the
entire
economy, be that a national, regional,
or the global economy.[1] [2] With
microeconomics, macroeconomics is
one of the two most general fields in
economics.
Macroeconomists study aggregated
indicators
such
as
GDP,
unemployment rates, and price indices
to understand how the whole economy
functions. Macroeconomists develop
models that explain the relationship
between such factors as national
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income,
output,
consumption,
unemployment, inflation, savings, investment, international trade and international finance. In contrast,
microeconomics is primarily focused on the actions of individual agents, such as firms and consumers, and how their
behavior determines prices and quantities in specific markets.
While macroeconomics is a broad field of study, there are two areas of research that are emblematic of the discipline:
the attempt to understand the causes and consequences of short-run fluctuations in national income (the business
cycle), and the attempt to understand the determinants of long-run economic growth (increases in national income).
Macroeconomic models and their forecasts are used by both governments and large corporations to assist in the
development and evaluation of economic policy and business strategy.
Development of macroeconomic theory
The term "macroeconomics" stems from a similar usage of the term "macrosystem" by the Norwegian economist
Ragnar Frisch in 1933.[3] and there was a long existing effort to understand many of the broad elements of the field.
It fused and extended the earlier study of business fluctuations and monetary economics.
Mark Blaug, a notable historian of economic thought, proclaimed in his "Great Economists before Keynes: 1986"
that Swedish economist Knut Wicksell “more or less founded modern macroeconomics”.
Macroeconomic schools of thought
The traditional distinction is between three different approaches to economics: Keynesian economics, focusing on
demand; neoclassical economics based on rational expectations and efficient markets, and innovation economics
focused on long-run growth through innovation. Keynesian thinkers challenge the ability of markets to be
completely efficient generally arguing that prices and wages do not adjust well to economic shocks. None of the
views are typically endorsed to the complete exclusion of the others, but most schools do emphasize one or the other
approach as a theoretical foundation.
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Keynesian tradition
Keynesian economics was an academic theory heavily influenced by the economist John Maynard Keynes. This
period focused on aggregate demand to explain levels of unemployment and the business cycle. That is, business
cycle fluctuations should be reduced through fiscal policy (the government spends more or less depending on the
situation) and monetary policy. Early Keynesian macroeconomics was "activist," calling for regular use of policy to
stabilize the capitalist economy, while some Keynesians called for the use of incomes policies.
Neo-Keynesians combined Keynes thought with some neoclassical elements in the neoclassical synthesis.
Neo-Keynesianism waned and was replaced by a new generation of models that made up New Keynesian
economics, which developed partly in response to new classical economics. New Keynesianism strives to provide
microeconomic foundations to Keynesian economics by showing how imperfect markets can justify demand
management.
Post-Keynesian economics represents a dissent from mainstream Keynesian economics, emphasizing the importance
of demand in the long run as well as the short, and the role of uncertainty, liquidity preference and the historical
process in macroeconomics.
Neoclassical tradition
For decades Keynesians and classical economists split in to autonomous areas, the former studying macroeconomics
and the latter studying microeconomics. In the 1970s new classical macroeconomics challenged Keynesians to
ground their macroeconomic theory in microeconomics. The main policy difference in this second stage of
macroeconomics is an increased focus on monetary policy, such as interest rates and money supply. This school
emerged during the 1970s with the Lucas critique. New classical macroeconomics based on rational expectations,
which means that choices are made optimally considering time and uncertainty, and all markets are clearing. New
classical macroeconomics is generally based on real business cycle models.
Monetarism, led by Milton Friedman, holds that inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon. It
rejects fiscal policy because it leads to "crowding out" of the private sector. Further, it does not wish to combat
inflation or deflation by means of active demand management as in Keynesian economics, but by means of monetary
policy rules, such as keeping the rate of growth of the money supply constant over time.
Macroeconomic policies
To try to avoid major economic shocks, such as The Great Depression, governments make adjustments through
policy changes they hope will stabilize the economy. Governments believe the success of these adjustments is
necessary to maintain stability and continue growth. This economic management is achieved through two types of
governmental strategies:
• Fiscal policy
• Monetary policy
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See also
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Microeconomics
Monetary policy
Keynesian economics
Economic development
Fiscal Policy
Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium
Model (macroeconomics)
AP Macroeconomics
References
• Blanchard, Olivier (2000), Macroeconomics, Prentice Hall, ISBN 013013306X.
• Blaug, Mark (1986), Great Economists before Keynes , Brighton: Wheatsheaf.
• Friedman, Milton (1953), Essays in Positive Economics, London: University of Chicago Press,
ISBN 0-226-26403-3.
• Heijdra, B. J.; Ploeg, F. van der (2002), Foundations of Modern Macroeconomics, Oxford University Press,
ISBN 0-19-877617-9.
• Mishkin, Frederic S. (2004), The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets, Boston:
Addison-Wesley, p. 517
• Snowdon, Brian, and Howard R. Vane, ed. (2002). An Encyclopedia of Macroeconomics, Description [4] & scroll
to Contents-preview links. [5]
• Snowdon, Brian; , Howard R. Vane (2005), Modern Macroeconomics: Its Origins, Development And Current
State, Edward Elgar Publishing, ISBN 1-84376-394-X.
• Gärtner, Manfred (2006), Macroeconomics, Pearson Education Limited, ISBN 978-0-273-70460-7.
• Warsh, David (2006), Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations, Norton, ISBN 978-0393059960.
References
[1] Blaug, Mark (1985), Economic theory in retrospect, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-31644-8
[2] Sullivan, Arthur; Steven M. Sheffrin (2003), Economics: Principles in action (http:/ / www. pearsonschool. com/ index.
cfm?locator=PSZ3R9& PMDbSiteId=2781& PMDbSolutionId=6724& PMDbCategoryId=& PMDbProgramId=12881& level=4), Upper
Saddle River, New Jersey 07458: Pearson Prentice Hall, pp. 57, ISBN 0-13-063085-3,
[3] Frisch, Ragnar (1933), Propagation Problems and Impulse Problems in Dynamic Economics, London: Allen & Unwin
[4] http:/ / www. e-elgar. co. uk/ bookentry_mainUS. lasso?id=2106
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f=false
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