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KEYNESIAN THEORY: A theory of macroeconomics developed by John Maynard Keynes built on the proposition that aggregate demand is the primary source of business cycle instability, especially recessions. The basic structure of the Keynesian theory of economics was initially presented in Keynes' book The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (1936).
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Lesson 18: Banking | Unit 3: Reserve Banking
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The story continues when Elizabeth the Innkeeper needs to expand her business and ask Fred for a loan. The story: - Elizabeth's business is booming, but she is temporarily short of money, short of gold.
- She asks Fred for a loan of gold that belongs to Bill the Knight that Fred keeps on his safe.
- Elizabeth is willing to pay Fred a sizable fee for taking the risk of making this loan.
- Fred makes the loan.
- Elizabeth expands her inn, she repays the loan on schedule with interest with profit from business.
- Bill collects his gold upon returning.
- Other local merchants soon seek interest lending services from Fred.
Fred has discovered the lending function of modern banks.
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BALANCED-BUDGET MULTIPLIER A measure of the change in aggregate production caused by equal changes in government purchases and taxes. The balanced-budget multiplier is equal to one, meaning that the multiplier effect of a change in taxes offsets all but the initial production triggered by the change in government purchases. This multiplier is the combination of the expenditures multiplier, which measures the change in aggregate production caused by changes in an autonomous aggregate expenditure, and the tax multiplier which measures the change in aggregate production caused by changes in taxes.
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BROWN PRAGMATOX [What's This?]
Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time searching for rummage sales looking to buy either income tax software or a how-to book on the art of negotiation. Be on the lookout for strangers with large satchels of used undergarments. Your Complete Scope
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The first paper notes printed in the United States were in denominations of 1 cent, 5 cents, 25 cents, and 50 cents.
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"Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment." -- Rita Mae Brown ‚ Writer
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CPI Consumer Price Index
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