In the short run, this policy orthodoxy achieved its stated goal, but in the longer run it acted to block the natural process of restoring robust finance, with the consequence that an increasingly fragile financial structure served as an increasing obstacle to capital investment and hence also to robust economic performance. Because of government

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A central reason for policy intervention in this boom-bust process, Minsky emphasized, is the ever-present danger that the contraction will get out of control and spread into a system-wide debt-deflation. In this way, a normal business recession can become instead a deep and long-lasting depression, such as happened in 1929-1933 when debt deflation

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The more I think of it, especially after the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill, it seems more clear that we could be on a path much like in the 60s and 70s. In fact, there are a lot of parallels, not a perfect match, but striking:

Fiscal Policy:

Then:

LBJ’s Great Society + Vietnam → soaring government spending and persistent deficits.

Now:

Post-COVI

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