On the planet Omicron Persei 9, economists estimate the following: Output (Income) ........$2,000 Government Purchases ......$200 Net

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On the planet Omicron Persei 9, economists estimate the following:

Output (Income) ........$2,000

Government Purchases ......$200

Net Taxes ............$200

Planned Investment Spending ....$300

Citizens consume 75% of their disposable income (marginal propensity to consume is 0.75).

a. Find consumption and planned aggregate expenditure.

b. Carefully explain why and how this economy is not in equilibrium.

c. Explain what business will do in response to this disequilibrium.

d. Explain what, in turn, will happen to income.

e. A government official suggests increasing government purchases by $100. What is the main benefit of this proposal?

What is the main drawback of this proposal?


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Financial accounting

ISBN: 978-0132751124

9th edition

Authors: Walter T. Harrison Jr., Charles T. Horngren, C. William Thom

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