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      None of them have come close to the severity of the Great Depression. We’ll never control all instabilities, the important part is limiting their severity

      Yes, I’ve been affected by several of these. I’ve gotten laid off during downturns. I’ve been affected by high interest rates. I’ve been affected by unattainable housing. But at least it wasn’t worse

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          And yet this is a place where centrism is the goal.

          • We know that trying to tightly control economies does not work. At all. We shouldnt even try.
          • We also know that corporate-anarchy serves only robber barons. That’s not acceptable.

          So yes, the best answer is to give the market freedom but not complete freedom. To let it do its ups and downs … within limits. To combine the strengths of capitalism with the guardrails of a guided market. Where the capitalist driven market does not serve society, it’s a failure to guide the market so capitalism fulfills desirable goals