boom-bust

It seems to me that both Tobin and Hayek would begin their analysis of recent economic performance in the United States with the boom-bust cycle in the stock market.

Hayek and Tobin, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

There's not a boom-bust mentality here; we are talking about sustained growth, not like the old days when you had a few good years and then a few bad years.

Britons are tempted to seek a haven down under 2011

Maybe that's because he didn't want to bring attention to the boom-bust cycle that runs so rampant in fossil fuel extraction.

Stefanie Penn Spear: Will Natural Gas Become the 'Achilles' Heel' of Our Country? Stefanie Penn Spear 2012

If the story of a boom-bust cycle and wage rigidity fits the current situation, what is the best policy cure?

Hayek and Tobin, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Mr. Dung, 61 years old, in recent months has faced stinging criticism and a leadership challenge over his handling of Vietnam's boom-bust economy.

Vietnamese Premier Is Poised for New Term James Hookway 2011

In Latin America, the boom-bust cycles of the 1970s and 1980s arguably helped to dislodge authoritarian regimes and promote the return to democracy.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

And gold mining has been the classic boom-bust industry, with managements squandering money on acquisitions and bad investments during the fat years and retrenching during the lean years.

Is Gold Cheap? Who Knows? But Gold-Mining Stocks Are Jason Zweig 2011

This trade in the currency of fear sets us up for a boom-bust cycle not unlike our economic cycle, and not unlike the vicious cycles of agony and ecstasy known by addicts.

Brian D. McLaren: Who Will Be Our Next Monster To Fear? Brian D. McLaren 2011

A vast literature and experience from the 1970s show that discretionary monetary policy, as distinct from rules-based policy, leads to boom-bust cycles with ultimately higher unemployment and higher inflation.

A Two-Track Plan to Restore Growth John B. Taylor 2011

Also the recession is part of the economy's normal boom-bust cycle.

Against Budget Surpluses, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009