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Eco Policy

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A liberal economic theory that maintains that the government's task is to create the right level of demand by spending when demand is low and taking money out of the economy by increasing taxes or cutting spending when demand is too great   Keynesianism  
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A period of time during which the rate of growth of business activity is consistently less than its long-term trend or is negative   Recession  
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Money and banking policies, and their effect on the economy   Monetary policy  
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An economist who believed that the market will not automatically operate at a full-employment, low-inflation level   John Maynard Keynes  
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A situation in which the government spends more than it takes in, thus pumping more money into the economy   Budget deficit  
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A conservative economic theory that, to avoid inflation, the fed. government should increase the money supply at a rate about equal to the growth in the economy's productivity; beyond that, it should let the free   Monetarism  
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A conservative eco. theory that sharp tax cuts increase the incentive for people to work, save, and invest thus spurring economic growth.   Supply-side  
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The means of economic planning which reflect the belief that the government should intervene in inflationary times by regulating the maximum prices that can be charged and the wages that can be paid   Price and wage controls  
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Economist who advocated that sharply cutting taxes will increase people's incentive to work, save, and invest and that this will lead to more economic growth and, ultimately, to increased revenue   Arthur Laffer  
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The highest-valued alternative given up to pursue any sort of activity   Opportunity cost  
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A group of three professional economists, chosen by the president, who give the president expert advice on the economy; it is responsible for forecasting economic trends, analyzing economic issues, and helping the president's economic report to Congress   Council of Economic Advisers  
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The economic program which combined the theories of monetarism, supply-side tax cuts, and domestic budget cutting   Reaganomics  
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Associated with monetarist economic theory and believer in free markets   Milton Friedman  
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Taxation and budget policies and their effect on the economy   Fiscal policy  
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October 1 to September 30, the period of time for which federal government appropriations are made and federal books are kept   Fiscal year  
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An economic theory that holds that the government should organize at least a part of a country's economic activity by wage and price controls or through industrial policy   Economic planning  
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A persistent increase in the average price level in the economy   Inflation  
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The concept that there is not enough "stuff" for each and every one of us to get everything we want   Scarcity  
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