Note that while it's understandable to think that this is an austrian theory given all of the argument on the internet about whether or not it's a good idea, th

Note that while it's understandable to think that this is an austrian theory given all of the argument on the internet about whether or not it's a good idea, the idea that easy credit drives business expansion is absolutely agreed upon by both schools and pretty much every working economist. You can think of it a bit like amphetamines. No doctor would disagree with the idea that amphetamines produce energy in the patient. The debate would only center around how productive or destructive that energy is.