Episode 170: The concept of a malinvestment in the Austrian Business Cycle Theory
From Rapid Idea Improvement by Bart Vanderhaegen
February 26, 2025 · 20 min
About this episode
The episode discusses how malinvestments caused by monetary policy lead to economic cycles of boom and bust.
How malinvestments (investments that go against the time preference of consumers but are undertaken nevertheless) are caused by monetary policy and how they cause in return a transition from boom to bust in the economic cycle
People in this episode
Host: Bart Vanderhaegen
Topics covered
- malinvestment
- monetary policy
- economic cycle
- boom and bust
- consumer time preference
Keywords
- malinvestment
- Austrian Business Cycle Theory
- monetary policy
- economic cycle
- time preference
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Austrian Business Cycle Theory
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