Methodology & Modeling
Historical Schools
The Circular Flow
National Accounting
Labor & Inflation
100

Measured at a specific point in time?

Economic Stocks

100

Who prioritized aggregate demand?

John Maynard Keynes

100

Household income not spent?

Savings (Leakage)

100

GDP adjusting for inflation?

Real GDP

100

Joblessness during career shifts?

Frictional Unemployment

200

Measured over a period of time?

Economic Flows

200

Flexible wages ensure what?

Self-regulating markets

200

Spending on capital goods?

Investment (Injection)

200

GDP using current prices?

Nominal GDP

200

Skills mismatch due technology?

Structural Unemployment

300

Generalizing from individual data?

Principle of Aggregation

300

Focused on money supply?

Monetarist School

300

Taxes and imports are?

Economic Leakages

300

Broader index than CPI?

GDP Deflator

300

Job loss during recessions?

Cyclical Unemployment

400

Model using optimizing agents?

DSGE Models

400

Introduced rational expectations?

Robert Lucas

400

Revenue from abroad represents?

Economic Injections

400

Income of domestic factors?

National Income

400

Tracks average consumer baskets?

Consumer Price Index

500

Variables determined within models?

Endogenous Variables

500

What prevents rapid adjustment?

Sticky prices

500

Equilibrium condition for flows?

Injections equal Leakages

500

GDP plus net foreign income?

Gross National Product

500

Actively seeking work population?

The Labor Force