The quantity theory is disjunct to the hardcore of general equilibrium theory. It does not relate to the formal foundations of standard economics and, vice versa, from the behavioral axioms of standard economics a rationale for using money cannot be derived. The present paper leaves the standard axioms aside and reconstructs the quantity theory from entirely new structural axiomatic foundations. This yields a coherent view of the interrelations of quantity of money, transaction money, saving-dissaving, liquidity-illiquidity, rates of interest, leverage, allocation, prices, profits, unit of account, and employment.
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July 26, 2011
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Unemployment out of nowhere {10}
Working paper at SSRN
Abstract Unemployment is usually explained with reference to the equilibrium of supply and demand in the labor market. This approach rests on specific behavioral assumptions that are formally expressed as axioms. The standard set of axioms is replaced in the present paper by a set of structural axioms. This approach yields the objective determinants of employment. They consist of effective demand, the actual outcome of price formation, structural stress as determined by the heterogeneity within the business sector, and the income distribution. Sudden changes in employment are effected by latent relative switchers that are hard to spot empirically.
Abstract Unemployment is usually explained with reference to the equilibrium of supply and demand in the labor market. This approach rests on specific behavioral assumptions that are formally expressed as axioms. The standard set of axioms is replaced in the present paper by a set of structural axioms. This approach yields the objective determinants of employment. They consist of effective demand, the actual outcome of price formation, structural stress as determined by the heterogeneity within the business sector, and the income distribution. Sudden changes in employment are effected by latent relative switchers that are hard to spot empirically.