The Debt-Deflation Theory of Great Depressions Fisher Irving
The Debt-Deflation Theory of Great Depressions Fisher Irving 2011 Reprint of the 1933 edition. According to the debt deflation theory, a sequence of effects of the debt bubble bursting occurs: 1.…
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The Debt-Deflation Theory of Great Depressions Fisher Irving
2011 Reprint of the 1933 edition. According to the debt deflation theory, a sequence of effects of the debt bubble bursting occurs: 1. Following the stock market crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression, Fisher developed a theory of economic crises called "debt-deflation", which rejected general equilibrium theory and attributed crises to the bursting of a credit bubble.
Contraction of the money supply as bank loans are paid off. 3. Debt liquidation and distress selling. 2. A fall in the level of asset prices. 4.
A still greater fall in the net worth of businesses, precipitating bankruptcies. 5. A fall in profits. 6. A reduction in output, in trade and in employment. 7.
Pessimism and loss of confidence. 8. Hoarding of money. 9. A fall in nominal interest rates and a rise in deflation adjusted interest rates.
This theory was ignored in favor of Keynesian economics, partly due to