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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 03:39 PM Original message |
If boom and bust cycles are the nature of capitalism then doesn't that prove the system is broken? |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. kondratieff? sp? |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think boom and bust cycles are human nature |
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CarmanK (459 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. The system just doesn't have institutional MEMORY! |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. That makes far too much sense. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. As long as more win than lose and have the power, it will roll on and on despite |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. This last was not a normal cyclical recession |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I disagree with the "long time to get out of" |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. Capitalism doesn't produce anything, it steals from others |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Interesting thought. |
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econoclast (259 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. Lots of systems in nature have boom and bust periods as well |
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Fantastic Anarchist (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. Recommend. n/t |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. Your are confusing business cycles with collapses caused by Republicans/Conservatives |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. Booms and busts are a nature of economic activity |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. it's the essence of the system--you buy low (during the bust) |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. With all the so-called "economic experts" in this country it sure seems like |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not only does it prove the system is broken, it proves the system has a |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-16-11 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
17. A scientist would concede that. |
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