Supply-side Policy
Overview
Some government policies try to boost demand; supply-side policies aim deeper, at the economy's ability to produce. By making workers more skilled, markets more flexible and firms keener to invest, a government can lift the whole productive capacity of the country, the size of the pie it can bake.
In this lesson you will meet the main supply-side measures, from education and infrastructure to tax cuts, deregulation and privatisation, and learn how each is meant to raise productivity and output. You will also see how these policies help a government hit its big macroeconomic aims at once.
Objectives
- education and training
- infrastructure spending
- labour market reforms
- lower direct taxes
- deregulation
- improving incentives to work and invest
- privatisation
- how supply-side policy measures may enable a government to achieve its macroeconomic aims
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- Supply-side policies aim mainly to: A. increase total spending B. raise the productive capacity of the economy C. raise import prices D. reduce the money supply Answer: B
- Which is a supply-side policy? A. raising income tax B. cutting government spending to reduce demand C. investing in education and training D. printing more money Answer: C
- Privatisation means: A. nationalising private firms B. transferring assets from the public to the private sector C. raising taxes on firms D. banning competition Answer: B
- A drawback of supply-side policies is that they: A. work instantly B. always raise inflation C. usually take a long time to work D. reduce productivity Answer: C
- Cutting income tax can act as a supply-side policy by: A. reducing the incentive to work B. improving the incentive to work and invest C. raising firms' costs D. lowering productivity Answer: B
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