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In economics, why is income denoted by Y? ?

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What is the history behind it?

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  1. Basically to avoid confusion because I is already denoted by investment. (Remember Y = C + I + G + x - m)


  2. I believe it is because the an eminent economist (maybe Keynes or Arrow?) placed income on the Y axis in his analysis, and the notation stuck.
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