Economics For Today
Economics For Today
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ISBN: 9781337670654
Author: Tucker
Publisher: Cengage
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Chapter 18, Problem 1SQP
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Validity of Say’s law and long-term unemployment according to classical economists.

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The classical economists believe in price-wage flexibility. They state that underemployment and under consumption will not co-exist in the economy in the long run. When products are unsold in the market, it creates a surplus and this would induce the firms to reduce the price of the products. When the price reduces, it implies that the wage rate also decreases and the unemployed people would be willing to work at a lower wage rate. This implies that under consumption lead to an increase in the employment and a decrease in the rate of unemployment. Say’s law is valid as the price-wage flexibility facilitates the notion ‘supply creates its own demand’.

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