Economics are instinctive; things like sexual desire are often dependent on food quantity/availability in the environment; if the availability of food suddenly has a high surplus, it instinctively tells everyone to have a breeding frenzy. We equate things like money with gold and time; with our economy taken off the gold standard, they can use the federal reserve to induce episodes of mass spending manias in the economy. Whether we realize it or not, something in the back of our mind tells us that everything is suddenly more obtainable and purchasing in excess is suddenly easier and rewarding; the collective consciousness of the nation's consumers as a whole gives off the vibe to everyone that more money is always on its way - they feel as if they're constantly hitting the jackpot and should keep buying as long as it lasts.

With no gold standard and the ability to tweak and manipulate currency behind the scenes with the federal reserve, our economy starts to resemble a black hole; the trend of spending money stars to become self-sustaining, since the careless spending of money by consumers promotes the creation of more goods and services, which increases the demand for employees which ends up increasing the amount of money flowing in to consumer's pockets which in turn feeds back in to carelessly spending money. The gears of the economy keep speeding up and accelerating, and this goes on and on until the enormous level of inertia the economy has accumulated becomes openly problematic and the availability of basic necessities like food and water comes under threat due to how extremely volatile the economy is and how devalued currency is.

This explosion that results from spending habits accelerating to their breaking point causes the economy to begin strongly sucking back in as the pressure from the build-up is finally released. Where people were once spending in excess, they are now desperately trying to save money back up again - but experience extreme difficulty in doing so as businesses are doing likewise; the economy stagnates. Businesses are making less money since not as many people are spending, and people are spending less because the businesses that employed them are paying them less or can no longer employ them entirely.