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https://www.econlib.org/is-there-a-swing-of-the-pendulum/ https://www.econlib.org/is-there-a-swing-of-the-pendulum/ > Is There a Swing of the Pendulum? > By Pierre Lemieux > People are often tempted to see social (including economic and political) phenomena in terms of a “swing of the pendulum.” In this perspective, problems such as wokism (just to give an example) will be corrected when the pendulum swings back. I suggest that this approach is easily misleading and seldom useful.