A cycle can be described mathematically, which also allows its course to be predicted. Yet the damage caused by fluctuation is hard to quantify, except as lost utilization of potential production. The deeper cause of the phenomenon and its real consequences are revealed by economic historical argument and description. In Hungary in the last decade and a half, cycles have caused some severe losses.
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