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Money, Bank Credit, and Economic Cycles - The Ludwig von Mises ...

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Additional Considerations on the <strong>The</strong>ory of the Business Cycle 507(Continued from previous page)S4Real wages fall. <strong>The</strong> RicardoEffect: capital equipment isreplaced by workers.S5 <strong>The</strong> capital-goods sector sustainsheavy accounting losses.(Dem<strong>and</strong> decreases, theRicardo Effect, <strong>and</strong> costs rise.<strong>The</strong> interest rate <strong>and</strong> the pricesof commodities increase.)S5 Workers are laid off in capitalgoodsindustries.Recovery DepressionS5 Entrepreneurs liquidate erroneousinvestment projects:bankruptcies <strong>and</strong> suspensionsof payments. Widespread pessimism.S5 <strong>Bank</strong> default mounts: Marginallyless solvent banks faceserious difficulties. <strong>Credit</strong>squeeze.S5 Workers are again employed instages close to consumption.S5 Capital is consumed, <strong>and</strong> theproductive structure becomesshorter.S5 <strong>The</strong> production of consumergoods <strong>and</strong> services slows.S5 <strong>The</strong> relative prices of consumergoods rise even further(decreased supply <strong>and</strong>increased monetary dem<strong>and</strong>).S5 National income <strong>and</strong> wagesdrop in real terms.S6 Once the readjustment hasoccurred, an increase in voluntarysaving may bring recovery.See column (1). Or creditexpansion may begin again.See column (2).

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