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macroeconomics
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macroeconomics

Study of the entire economy in terms of the total amount of goods and services produced, total income earned, level of employment of productive resources, and general behaviour of prices. Until the 1930s, most economic analysis focused on specific firms and industries. The aftermath of the Great Depression and the development of national income and production statistics brought new interest to the field of macroeconomics. The goals of macroeconomic policy include economic growth, price stability, and full employment. See also microeconomics; national income accounting.


macroeconomics
the branch of economics concerned with aggregates, such as national income, consumption, and investment
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After considering such matters asprevailing macro-economic theory, social efficiency and equity, federal and state regulatory policy and practice, and the deleterious effects of large paternalistic governments in undeveloped countries, Mills concludes that "at least half of domestic government spending in the United States must be understood in political terms and has nothing to do with economic efficiency or equity.
 
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