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Portrait of a Crack-Up Boom, in Four Charts

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John Rubino
Aug 09, 2025
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The Austrian school of economics (the only good school of economics) has a concept called the “crack-up boom” that perfectly explains today’s world. Here’s an AI-generated summary:

A crack-up boom is an economic crisis characterized by the collapse of a monetary system due to sustained, expansionary monetary policy leading to hyperinflation and a comple…

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