Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "The Stock Market Is Going To Tank" video.
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David Ace, why not cite a textbook or a peer reviewed paper? You must have access if you took the course?
As far as crashes, they happen one happened in the late 70s. Why doesn't any talk about that? Because Reagan was elected and did hands off government and the economy recovered. Look at the crashes in the US, the two major ones, they were the great depression and the great recession of 2007. The federal government reacted with massive spending to "fix" the economy, they only times that happened. That did not happen in the recession of 1921, or the Panic of 1873, or the Panic of 1837.
" and the recession was worsening before FDR even took office"
Doesn't matter, it did for Reagan as well but we recovered.
" that’s why he was elected in a landslide"
The incumbent always has the inside track unless something bad happens under his watch. Look at the presidents from 1900 and look at how many did not win re-election? And consider what was happening when they lost . Hoover, Carter and Bush are three I can think of and under them the economy tanks. FDR won because he was elected to fix the economy to begin with. Our nation is very forgiving and will re-elect poor presidents. Obama was despite things not being well.
" there’s a podcast called planet money that might clue you in to how the economy actually works"
I will give it a listen but I feel that by what you have given me so far it might not be that great.
"when growth is based on nothing more than increases in business spending and increased lending it is doomed to fail because no actual growth is happening"
The same can be said about government spending. With business spending, however, businesses have something to lose. The government can just raise the debt ceiling. Businesses go bankrupt and go under unless they have government to bail them out like what happened in 2007. Business spending is not bad as businesses are investing and taking a risk. When there is risk involved they are careful. With government there is no risk.
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