Sunday, September 14, 2014

Sandwichman — (Other things being elsewhere...) "It’s a ceteris paribus thing,"

The IS-LM "ceteris paribus thing" is an "if p, then q" thing -- a tautology -- not a "since p, therefore q" thing. One cannot draw conclusions about the real world from it.
EconoSpeak
(Other things being elsewhere...) "It’s a ceteris paribus thing,"
Sandwichman

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