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The Leverage Machine — Audio-Video Edition
Episode 5 of the weekly Pattern Nexus audio-video series turns Part 5 of Cycles of Power into a shorter story about how the Volcker shock, Reagan–Thatcher deregulation, market-based credit, junk bonds, leveraged buyouts, securitization, derivatives, and electronic finance made leverage the central growth engine between 1979 and 1994.
Published Sep 7, 2026
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The Leverage Machine: How Volcker, Deregulation, and Wall Street Turned Money Into Momentum (1979–1994)
After the 1970s inflation and the end of Bretton Woods, the global system didn’t normalize — it hardened and then financialized. Between 1979 and 1994, Volcker’s shock therapy, Reagan–Thatcher deregulation, junk bonds, LBOs, and market-based credit built a new regime where leverage, not wages, became the main growth engine.
Published Dec 3, 2025