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Impact of Higher Taxes on the Price-Setting Curve
An increase in tax rates, assuming all other factors remain constant, causes the price-setting (PS) curve to shift downwards. This shift reflects that a larger portion of national income is now claimed by the government, leaving less available for the post-tax real wages of workers at any given level of employment.
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Impact of Higher Taxes on the Price-Setting Curve
In a simplified economy, the total value of output produced per worker is $100. Of this amount, the firm retains $20 as profit, and the worker receives $60 as their take-home wage. Given that the total value of output must be fully accounted for by the claims of the firm, the worker, and the government, what is the value of the government's claim?
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