Critique of IS-LM: fiscal deficits, loanable funds, Keynesian Cross and IS-LM

Kim, Minseong (2014): Critique of IS-LM: fiscal deficits, loanable funds, Keynesian Cross and IS-LM.

Abstract

This paper intends to discuss some problematic properties IS-LM and loanable funds together have when dealing with fiscal deficits. Many others have focused on its assumptions for criticism of IS-LM, but I will mainly focus on its fundamental modelling nature. To say more specifically, I will argue that ordinary IS-LM analysis is in contradictory nature to simultaneous equilibrium system, and therefore loanable funds.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: IS-LM; loanable funds; budget deficits; fiscal policy; fiscal multiplier; simultaneous equilibrium
• Subjects: B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B2 - History of Economic Thought since 1925 > B22 - Macroeconomics; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E1 - General Aggregative Models > E12 - Keynes ; Keynesian ; Post-Keynesian; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy > E21 - Consumption ; Saving ; Wealth; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy > E22 - Investment ; Capital ; Intangible Capital ; Capacity; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E4 - Money and Interest Rates > E43 - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects

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