In Figure 1 above,how does the AD-AS model reflect the idea that governments cannot increase real GDP beyond an economy’s equilibrium level that the free-market economy is able to produce? Explain your answer.

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  1. In Figure 1 above,how does the AD-AS model reflect the idea that governments cannot increase real GDP beyond an economy’s equilibrium level that the free-market economy is able to produce? Explain your answer.

 

2.1. In Figure 2 above, what are the factors that may cause the aggregate demand to shift from AD to AD1? What is the difference between demand pull inflation, cost push inflation, and recession? 
2.2. Define and describe: 

  • the aggregate supply (AS) curve in the immediate short run.   
  • the aggregate supply (AS) curve in the short run.   
  • the aggregate supply (AS) in the long run.   

 

 

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The Covid-19 pandemic shifted the aggregate supply and aggregate demand curves to the left.  

Did that increase or decrease real GDP, employment, and inflation rate?   

Explain your answer. 

Figure 1: Hayek's (Classical) AD-AS Model
Price
Level
pl
P
The Classical AS curve
AS
07
Yf
AD1
AD
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National income
(real GDP)
Economics Online. (n.d.). Aggregate Demand (AD). Retrieved from
http://economicsonline.co.uk/Managing the economy/Aggregate_demand.html
Transcribed Image Text:Figure 1: Hayek's (Classical) AD-AS Model Price Level pl P The Classical AS curve AS 07 Yf AD1 AD Copyright: www.economicsonline.co.uk National income (real GDP) Economics Online. (n.d.). Aggregate Demand (AD). Retrieved from http://economicsonline.co.uk/Managing the economy/Aggregate_demand.html
Figure 2: Keynes's AD-AS Model
Price
Level
P1
P
The Keynesian AS curve
Ye
AS
Yf
Up to real output level yf
increases in AD have no effect
on the price level. Increases
in AD beyond Yf cause an
increase in the price level
but no increase in real output.
AD1
AD2
AD
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National income
(real GDP)
Transcribed Image Text:Figure 2: Keynes's AD-AS Model Price Level P1 P The Keynesian AS curve Ye AS Yf Up to real output level yf increases in AD have no effect on the price level. Increases in AD beyond Yf cause an increase in the price level but no increase in real output. AD1 AD2 AD Copyright: www.economicsonline.co.uk National income (real GDP)
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