The Necessity of Bear Markets: Creative Destruction and the Discipline of Cycles
Bear markets and recessions are not failures of the system but essential corrections that restore discipline, clear away excess, and redirect capital toward true innovation. While modern policy seeks to avoid downturns at all costs, history shows that renewal and long-term opportunity often emerge from collapse. From the dot-com bust to the COVID-19 recession, it is in the ashes of contraction that the seeds of future growth are sown.
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