Comparisons of Classical and Keynesian Thought
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 1930s.
The Classical thought is one that had its origins in Britain and with Britishs 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 1930s. 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
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