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Macroeconomics: Introduction cheat sheet

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Chapter 1Macroeconomics: Introduction

Macro studies the economy as a whole — output, employment, prices.

1. Emergence

  • Great Depression (1929) showed markets don't always self-correct.
  • Keynes, General Theory (1936).

2. Sectors

  • households
  • firms
  • government
  • external sector

Capitalist economy: private ownership, wage labour, profit motive.

3. Key Points

  • Micro: individual units; macro: aggregates.
  • Aggregate demand and supply.
  • Government plays a stabilising role.
  • Unemployment and inflation are macro issues.

Remember: Great Depression | Keynes | four sectors

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