Paying the Piper: Time to Clean Up the Latest Malinvestments

05/17/2023 Douglas French

Austrian business cycle theory points out that easy money leads to malinvestments. Once easy money disappears, the crash begins. Time to clean up malinvested assets.

Original Article: “Paying the Piper: Time to Clean Up the Latest Malinvestments”

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