Thanks for this Ben — it is my impression the concept is often invoked to critique public policy — on the assumption that lawmakers are somehow impeding laudable (“natural”) economic processes. This is a very old idea. Not sure what is gained by focusing so narrowly on the very recent past?
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Ben Waterhouse
Here's a place to start. I cut the end date off at 1980 because the term goes bonkers after that-- if you set the parameter to 2019, you can't even see the little blips in the 19th c. and early 20th c.
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