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Q.Write a short note on: Say's Law of Market

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Say's Law of Markets, propounded by J. B. Say, states that 'supply creates its own demand' — production itself generates the income needed to buy all that is produced, so there can be no general glut or involuntary unemployment; the economy automatically tends to full employment.

Meaning

Say's Law of Markets, named after the French classical economist J. B. Say, is summed up in the phrase 'supply creates its own demand'.

The idea is that the act of producing goods and services itself creates an equal amount of income (in the form of wages, rent, interest and profit) in the hands of the factor owners. This income provides exactly the purchasing power needed to buy all that has been produced. Therefore, total demand always equals total supply, and there can be no general overproduction (glut) and no lasting involuntary unemployment.

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