This exercise has two objectives:
1. To give students immediate reinforcement of the preceding concepts.
2. To show them that money is neutral in the long run, just like in chapter 4.
You might have your students try other exercises using this framework:
* the short-run and long-run effects of expansionary fiscal policy. Have them compare the long-run results in this framework with the results they obtained when doing the same experiment in Chapter 3 (the loanable funds model).
* Immediately after a negative shock pushes output below its natural rate, show how monetary or fiscal policy can be used to restore full-employment immediately (i.e., without waiting for prices to adjust).