this is 1929 repeating, page-255

I think you could safely say that most economists think that government intervention can help

otherwise why would they bother studying the science if their was nothing they can do

why would you waste your time

Perhaps they don't think they can stop a downturn but I am sure 90% think that something can be done to cushion its effects

that is why dot.com, 1987 and all the other crashes were not as bad as the Great Depression

If you think we are going into a Great Depression then you must think governments can do nothing to stop one from happening

You have to take the line that Allan Kohler does stating that governments only do stuff not to fix the problem but to appear to be doing stuff to fix it.