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In macroeconomics, there are two types of expenditures that factor into the equation to determine equilibrium gross national product. The first is autonomous expenditures that fall outside our ...

Those with little to no income still have to spend money on living expenses, which is considered autonomous consumption by economists because consumers in this predicament have no choice but to ...