{"id":847,"date":"2011-11-02T03:20:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T09:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opengecko.com\/economics\/supply-side-policies-guiding-questions\/"},"modified":"2011-11-02T03:25:37","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T09:25:37","slug":"supply-side-policies-guiding-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opengecko.com\/geckoview\/economics\/supply-side-policies-guiding-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Supply Side Policies – Guiding Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

1) How can we define supply side policies?<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.bized.co.uk\/reference\/glossary\/Supply-side-policy<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.bized.co.uk\/virtual\/bank\/business\/external\/policy\/expl.htm<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

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2) Why have supply-side policies been so appealing to governments? How could this be shown on a graph?<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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3) How does the supply-side economists\u2019 approach differ in general from the Keynesian economists\u2019 approach?<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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4) What policies exist and how can we categories them?<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Summary of some supply side policy concentrating on increasing the productivity of firms<\/b>. NOTE: UK bias!<\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.tutor2u.net\/economics\/content\/topics\/supplyside\/product_markets.htm<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

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Summary of supply side policy concentrating on increasing the quantity and quality of labour<\/b>. NOTE: UK bias!<\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.tutor2u.net\/economics\/content\/topics\/supplyside\/labour_policies.htm<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

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Your text book(s) should be a key resource here.<\/font><\/p>\n

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5) What are the advantages and disadvantages of supply side policies?<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

India Case-Study – Skim-read this article and briefly summarise how the author perceives India has been successful with supply-side policy. What has the policy concentrated on? Give one fact to show its success. Be sure to skim read to the bottom.<\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.blonnet.com\/2005\/08\/23\/stories\/2005082300271000.htm<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

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What is meant by Reagonomics? You can read about it here:<\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supply-side_economics<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

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See also the further resources listed below.<\/font><\/p>\n

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6) Why are supply-side policies difficult to evaluate?<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Additional Resources<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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pajholden<\/font><\/strong><\/a> on Supply Side Policies:<\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v9HEm8w5nL8<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

BrynJonesOnline<\/font><\/strong><\/a> gives us this useful analysis, with points of evaluation:<\/font><\/p>\n