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Macroeconomics 3: Booms, Busts & Us

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Planet Money Summer School - The Business Cycle

The business cycle has four parts: expansion, the peak, recession and the trough. A counter cyclical plan is a policy that tries to counteract the business cycle. Bankruptcy is when businesses reorganize their financial situation in order to make a path forward. And if you like a little extra credit, let us know what your personal effects of the business cycle have been.

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