In this paper, we present a novel framework for macroeconomic analysis, which tries to incorporate recent theoretical developments into a model describing an open economy. The model includes a monetary policy rule instead of the LM function together with an aggregate supply function derived from...

This paper presents an analysis of fiscal and monetary policies in the IS/LM model that relies only on simple reductio ad absurdum arguments. It is done in a version of the IS/LM model which is rather general, without using differential calculus or linear algebra