The New-Keynesian aggregate supply derives from micro-foundations an inflation-dynamics model very much like the tradition in the monetary literature. Inflation is primarily affected by: (i) Economic slack; (ii) Expectations; (iii) Supply shocks; and, (iv) Inflation persistence.This paper...

Supply shocks played an important role in macroeconomic fluctuations during the 1970's. Supply shocks are also increasingly important in Keynesian and neo-classical models of the business cycle. This paper is a short survey of these theoretical models. It also discusses the history of supply...

Consistency in the development and presentation of the aggregate demand-aggregate supply model in introductory economics is crucial. Logical consistency requires drawing on the underlying microeconomic fundamentals, especially for distinguishing between 'movements along' and 'shifts in' the...

The model of effective demand from Keynes's General Theory was rendered graphically by such post-Keynesian scholars as Chick (1983), Davidson (2011), Davidson and Smolensky (1964), and Weintraub (1961). It has been criticized in detail by Patinkin (1976, 1982) and (implicitly) by the whole...