What are the big disagreements in macroeconomics? Complete the following passage regarding the Great Depression. T he Great Depression challenged the prevailing economic belief that the macroeconomy returns to long-run equilibrium following a shock, since it wasn’t until after the Depression began that real GDP returned to pre-Depression levels.

a. slowly
b. classical
c. four years
d. supply
e. never
f. seven years
g. several months
h. quickly
i. demand
j. Keynesian

Classical; quickly; demand; seven years.

Explanation:

Economics can be classified into two (2) categories, namely;

1. Macroeconomics can be defined as the study of behaviors, performance and factors that affect the entire economy. Hence, it focuses on aggregate phenomena such as price level, economic growth, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), inflation, unemployment and national income levels with respect to the central bank, demand or supply shocks, government policies, aggregate spending and savings.

2. Microeconomics can be defined as the study of the effect of price and quantity levels through interactions between individual buyers and sellers in various markets.

Hence, it is focuses on analyzing or evaluating the decisions of consumers (buyers) and those of firms (sellers) such as methods of production, pricing; and the manner in which government policies affect those decisions.

The Great Depression challenged the prevailing classical economic belief that the macroeconomy quickly returns to long-run equilibrium following a demand shock, since it wasn't until seven years after the Depression began that real GDP returned to pre-Depression levels.

John Maynard Keynes was an economist during the Great Depression which was a period of;

- High unemployment

- High deflation.

John Maynard Keynes who was born on the 5th of June 1883, was a British economist.

During the Great Depression, John Maynard Keynes promoted expansionary actions to encourage economic recovery.