The WSJ today published an opinion piece, "The Deeper the Downturn, the Quicker the Recovery." I can scarcely think of a sillier premise to start from. Has he studied history, and the economic volitility of the US and world economies prior to WWII?
If you get past the silliness of his title and basic premise, the author (Christopher Wood) makes some interesting points about moral hazard and "debt deflation," but it would be unwise to conclude from those ideas that a steeper fall will mean a quicker recovery and a better long-term outlook. If the fall is deep then most of that "quicker recovery" will be wasted just trying to catch back up to where we were before.
If you get past the silliness of his title and basic premise, the author (Christopher Wood) makes some interesting points about moral hazard and "debt deflation," but it would be unwise to conclude from those ideas that a steeper fall will mean a quicker recovery and a better long-term outlook. If the fall is deep then most of that "quicker recovery" will be wasted just trying to catch back up to where we were before.
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