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Classical Theory
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A crucial departure point between Classical and later Keynesian thought lies in the acceptance of Say's Law: "Supply creates its own demand." Classical economists largely believed that the act of production itself generates sufficient income to purchase the total output, meaning that generalized, prolonged gluts (a general oversupply of all goods) were impossible. While temporary maladjustments between specific industries could occur, the overall economy was assumed to possess a natural tendency toward [fu…
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Classical Theory
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Classical Theory addressed interest not as a monetary phenomenon (as later Quantity Theorists would), but as the price paid for the loan of capital stock). The rate of interest was determined by the interplay between the supply of accumulated savings (capitalists' abstinence) and the demand for these funds by entrepreneurs seeking to finance new fi…