— Witsooth Laboratory · AP Macro Unit 3 —
The Specimen
A live experiment in classical self-correction.
You are the lab assistant. The specimen on the slab is the economy. When a shock hits — a stock crash, an oil embargo, a stimulus bill — the specimen falls out of long-run equilibrium and a gap opens between current output and potential output (Y vs. Yf).

The classical model says the economy heals itself: a gap moves the labor market, the labor market moves wages, wages move per-unit costs, and costs move SRAS until equilibrium returns to Yf. Your job is to walk that chain, then operate it under pressure.
Act I
The Causal Circuit
Two specimens. Walk the five-link chain. Learn the why.
Act II
Demand Experiments
Five live shocks. Pull the lever. Tune the wage dial. Beat the clock.
Act III
Supply Experiments
Five harder shocks. Less time. The mechanism still works — barely.
⚠ A note on the sound. Thunder, heartbeats, and a flatline. Headphones recommended. The specimen will die. That's part of the lesson.
"In the long run we are all dead."
— John Maynard Keynes, 1923
The specimen flatlined before the mechanism could complete.
— ACT —
Title
Subtitle
WAD/AS Lab The Specimen
Act I · Circuit
Act II · Demand
Act III · Supply
The Specimen
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Observation Log
Causal Circuit · Walk the Chain
✓ Chain Complete
The Experiment
Act II · The Demand Experiments
ROUND 1 / 5
HEAL ZONE
Specimen Stabilized
The mechanism held.
25.0s
◉ INCOMING SHOCK
Awaiting Specimen…
Pull the lever to apply the shock.
◉ Vitals Monitor — BPM
◉ Diagnosis Panel
Curve Direction
Voltage — pick severity 1–5
Wage Dial
Shifts SRAS via labor market adjustment
◀ Fall 0.0 Rise ▶
Ready. Pull the lever when the specimen is prepared.
◉ Final Report ◉
WITSOOTH · AD/AS LAB · The mechanism works. The question was always how long.