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Keynesian Unemployment as Non-Walrasian Equilibria

In: Issues in Contemporary Macroeconomics and Distribution

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  • Dieter Sondermann

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One of the fundamental insights that we owe to the work of Clower (1965) and Leijonhufvud (1968) is that the basic difference between the economics of the classics and the economics of Keynes lies in the assumptions made about the adjustment behaviour of the two systems: ‘in the short run, the “Classical” system adjusts to changes in money expenditures by means of price-level movements; the Keynesian adjusts primarily by way of real income movements’ (Leijonhufvud, 1968, p. 51). ‘In the Keynesian macrosystem the Marshallian ranking of price- and quantity adjustments speeds is reversed … The “revolutionary” element of the General Theory can perhaps not be stated in simpler terms’ (Leijonhufvud, 1968, p. 52).

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  • Dieter Sondermann, 1985. "Keynesian Unemployment as Non-Walrasian Equilibria," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: George R. Feiwel (ed.), Issues in Contemporary Macroeconomics and Distribution, chapter 7, pages 197-215, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-06879-1_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-06879-1_7
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