The “business cycle” might just be one of the oldest ideas in economics. For more than 200 years, economists have been pointing to the tendency of economies to expand, then slow down, contract and ...

Critics of the Austrian Business Cycle Theory claim that capital investors over time will no longer be fooled by artificially-low interest rates triggered by ...

Accurately predicting economic recessions and stock market fluctuations has been a challenge throughout history. Official declarations of recessions often come late, after the damage has already been ...

The failure of mainstream economists to predict the global financial crisis provides an opportunity for exponents of behavioral finance. The crisis, they say, can be attributed to our psychological ...

What are economic cycles? Why is it important to understand economic cycles? What are the main causes of economic cycles? What are the key indicators of economic cycles? How can you predict a ...

Thomas Kevin Swift has packed insights gathered over a long career in industrial economics into A History of American Business Cycles, a book released earlier this year. The book tackles large volumes ...

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