Prof. Marshall works out a relationship between price elasticity of demand and total expenditure. He estimates the degree of price elasticity of demand depending on the change in total expenditure caused by a change in own price of the commodity. He states three different situations, as under: Situation 1 - Ed = Unitary or Ed = 1: Elasticity of demand [...]
Basically, we are focusing on two relationships: 1. Relation between Average Cost and Marginal Cost, and 2. Relation between Total Cost and Marginal Cost. Details are as under: 1. Relation between Average Cost and Marginal Cost: Relation between average cost and marginal cost is explained through Table 8 and Fig. 9. Table 8 and Fig. 9 offer the following observations [...]
Keynes's main attack against the postulates of the classical economists centres around the relationship between price flexibility and full employment. Keynes challenged the classical belief that price flexibility can be relied upon to generate automatic full employment. The defenders of the classical school, on the other hand, still insist upon this automaticity as a fundamental tenet. Wage Flexibility: The importance [...]