Comparisons Of Classical And Keynesian Thought.

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Term Paper Title	Comparisons Of Classical And Keynesian Thought.
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Comparisons of Classical and Keynesian thought.

   In the comparison of the two thoughts one must understand that Classical thought is one that has been around longer than Keynessian and it was in all probability the only real school of thought from 1776 to the 1930's.

   The Classical thought is one that had its origins in Britain and with British's economists. As early as Adam Smith and until the great depression, most all economists were Classical economics.  As a whole they believed that the self-correcting mechanisms of a market economy would continually guide the economy toward full output and full employment. Market prices would adjust to restore the economy to full employment and that if a slow down or recession was to occur that it would most certainly be short lived.

   A working economic example of this would be the Great Depression, experienced in the 1930's. The stock market crash, bank failures and a decade of unemployment averaging 20% to a high of 25% (1933) caused sever problems. This was a crisis not only for the US but the world as well.

    In keeping with the Classical thought, a government should do nothing and play a non -active and very passive role in the economy, their for the system should work. But, it did not work?  Did the Government po...

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