The Neoclassical Synthesis

question 16

Multiple Choice

The neoclassical synthesis:

• A) held that econometric models of the economy could not be used to predict the future.
• B) was the dominant school of thought among economists in the 1950s and 1960s.
• C) held that economy always operated at or very near the natural rate of unemployment.
• D) was a name coined by Keynes himself for his new theories.
• E) rejected virtually all of Keynes' insights.

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