hydraulic Keynesianism

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English

Etymology

Coined by Alan Coddington in 1976. In reference to Alban William Phillips' hydraulic MONIAC computer, which he used for modelling the economy.

Noun

hydraulic Keynesianism (uncountable)

  1. (economics, derogatory) A type of Keynesianism that assumes homogeneous macroeconomic aggregates and uses that assumption in relation to the Phillips curve to exploit a trade-off between inflation and unemployment, typically prioritising low unemployment at the expense of higher inflation.