US Business Cycles 1954–2020, 9781009693523
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Economic downturns aren’t random, they’re built into the system.
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US Business Cycles 1954–2020

sources, symptoms, solutions

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  • Hardcover

    225 pages

  • Release Date

    31 December 2025

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Summary

Riding the Rollercoaster: Understanding US Business Cycles (1954-2020)

What causes cyclical downturns that wreak havoc on our lives? Most economists will say that they result from random external shocks and that, without these, the economy would sail along beautifully.

In US Business Cycles 1954-2020, John Harvey argues that overwhelming evidence points to an internal dynamic, one related to the behavior of economic agents that generates what we call a business cycle. He dra…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781009693523
ISBN-10:1009693522
Author:John T. Harvey
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Imprint:Cambridge University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:225
Release Date:31 December 2025
Weight:500g
About The Author

John T. Harvey

John T. Harvey is the Hal Wright Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at Texas Christian University. He is a well-known heterodox scholar who has published extensively, including two books: Currencies, Crises and Capital Flows (2009) and Contending Perspectives in Economics (2020 2nd edition). He has earned numerous awards for teaching and research and his work focuses on exchange rates and business cycles.

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