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For the thermodynamics buffs, this makes Nominal GDP Growth an exact differential, but Real GDP Growth and Inflation are inexact differentials. This means Nominal GDP is a "state variable" and path-independent, but Real GDP and the GDP Deflator are path-dependent and not state variables. We have met the enemy, and it is us — Pogo
Keynes' basic argument for working in terms of nominal amounts and employment was that the ability of a person to work as unskilled labor if need be provided a connection between various specialized and more restricted skilled labor markets in terms of their renumeration as a multiple of the wage of unskilled labor, providing a quantity that could be aggregated with greater justification than the vector of the amount produced of each and every different type of final product for sale in the economy. Utsukushii kereba sore de ii
