In: Economics
Pick one of the following areas where there are environmental damages and make an argument as to whether the MD curve is steeper or flatter than the MS curve
1. Climate change from carbon emissions
2. Health outcomes (like asthma, infant mortality) from inner city smog
3. Depletion of natural resources (forests, fisheries)
Now, there is environmental damage and money demand increases. MD shifts to the right as MD1, creating a new equilibrium E1 with a higher rate r2; but there is no change in quantity of money – it remains as Q1.
Since MD curve shifts but MS remains as it is, MD is flatter than MS.