Talk:Keynesian formula

Merge or redirect
I've proposed that this be merged into Aggregate demand but since most of the info's already there it may be better just to redirect it. There's no sources provided refer to Y=C+I+G+X as "The Keynesian formula" though one could probably be dug up somewhere given how much has been written on this. But it's not standard. Most formulations of "The Keynesian formula" refer to the Keynesian policy prescription of boosting AD during recessions (for example, Galbraith uses it in that sense).radek (talk) 01:58, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect sounds fine to me, but given what you say would it be better to redirect to Keynesian_economics or even Keynesian_economics rather than Aggregate demand? C RETOG 8(t/c) 03:18, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I support merging (or just redirecting to Aggregate Demand).--Bkwillwm (talk) 04:03, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

This article should simply be deleted. The demand side formula for GDP was not developed by Keynes but rather by Kuznets specifically at the request of the U.S. Congress. No economist, past or present, refers to GDP as the "Keynesian formula." The other information located within the article, though useful, is repeated elsewhere. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.47.20.206 (talk) 04:32, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

I agree that the name is incorrect, but I support leaving it as a separate page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.247.108.254 (talk) 01:30, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

No this formula is not attributable to J.M.Keynes having been available before he wrote about the GDP. There is a problem with micro and macro economic effects and the fact that in macro one needs to examine the rate of money flow not the quantity and it is this kind of confusion that creates such anomolies as the multiplier.85.65.60.73 (talk) 12:02, 11 May 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm redirecting to aggregate demand. The same topic is covered in aggregate demand. The use of the term "keynesian formula" to refer to C + I + G + X - M = GDP, has not been used for the last twenty years. See this google scholar search. LK (talk) 06:33, 11 April 2013 (UTC)