one of akerloffs big five
the independence of consumption and current income
(the life-cycle permanent income hypothesis);
(the life-cycle permanent income hypothesis);
the irrelevance of current profits to investment spending (the Modigliani-Miller theorem);
the long-run independence of inflation and unemployment (natural rate theory);
the inability of monetary policy to stabilize output (the Rational Expectations hypothesis);
the irrelevance of taxes and budget deficits to consumption (Ricardian equivalence)