How Do Economic Cycles Work? Part I
In that post, I would like to bring to your attention some simple aspects of how the economy work, having a simple notion can help you to sidestep and anticipate the global financial crisis. Although until today we haven't found a common ground about how that economic machine works, there are some simple and practical economic concepts that can help us to grasp in the big picture how it works. The economy might seem complex, but it works in a simple mechanical way. The economy is made up of a lot of simple transactions that are repeated over and over again a zillion times and these transactions are driven by human nature. Transactions is a very simple thing, we make transactions all the time. Every time we buy or sell something we create a transaction. Now, transactions are fulfilled either by money or credit in exchange for a product, service, or a financial asset. Credit + money spending = total spending and the total spending drives the economy. All cycles and all forces of the ...