Do we have the capability to eliminate booms and busts in economic activity? The answer in my judgment is no, because there is no tool to change human nature. Too often people are prone to recurring bouts of optimism and pessimism.
July 22, 2016
As I sat in the faculty club dining room with Professor John Sterman I thought, “My God, it’s going to be miserable to go through a long-wave downturn.” Our lunch was 25 years ago. Judging by the current economic and presidential activity, my foreboding was totally justified. Professor Sterman is a professor at M.I.T.’s Sloan School and an...