disequilibrate

Related to disequilibrate: assimilation

dis·e·quil·i·brate

 (dĭs′ĭ-kwĭl′ə-brāt′)
tr.v. dis·e·quil·i·brat·ed, dis·e·quil·i·brat·ing, dis·e·quil·i·brates
To upset the equilibrium of (the economy, for example); unbalance.

dis′e·quil′i·bra′tion n.
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disequilibrate

(ˌdɪsɪˈkwɪlɪˌbreɪt)
vb (tr)
to remove equilibrium from
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The stable economy of classical economics Keynes saw as an illusion, since all states--expansion, stagnation, crisis, or bubble-are transitory: "During each short-period equilibrium, in Keynes's view, processes are at work which will 'disequilibrate' the system" (Minsky, 61).
If these two risks are not avoided, they may disequilibrate the economy during ERM II and, at least, lengthen its stay in a system where the economy's adjustment to shocks is not always easy, as argued later on.