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mym1990last Wednesday at 4:04 AM1 replyview on HN

While your last point is certainly an ideal to aspire to, something tells me that the powers that be would not actually want to get rid of booms and busts, because ultimately that is where a lot of the “wealth” for those high up is created. You don’t really need complex models to solve the problem of some humans being really, really greedy, driving markets to overheat, ending in catastrophic failure.


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sdwrlast Wednesday at 5:21 PM

Booms and busts emerge naturally from market dynamics, even when everyone is acting fairly and reasonably. You don't need to add sneaky, greedy people pulling the strings from behind a curtain.