Note: This is post #110 in a weekly video series on basic economics.
A concept that can help us understand business fluctuation is the aggregate demand–aggregate supply model, or AD-AS model. The aggregate demand curve shows us all of the possible combinations of inflation and real growth that are consistent with a specified rate of spending growth.
In the video by Marginal Revolution University, Alex Tabarrok explains how the aggregate demand curve show us all of the possible combinations of inflation and real growth that are consistent with spending growth.
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