Simplifying the Aggregate Demand Model for a Closed, Private Economy
To construct a demand-side model where aggregate demand determines the economy's total output, it is not sufficient to simply define aggregate demand as the sum of its parts. For the model to be analytically useful, it is necessary to also specify models for each of its individual components, such as consumption (C) and planned investment (I).
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