Edited sentence: Given the above view on 'booms' and 'busts', economic prosperity, growth and increased standards of living do not qualify as a 'boom', since there are no explicit characteristics that make a bust inevitable.Growth and mis-allocation can be correlated(as growth often causes spikes in tax revenue, therefore increased economic influence), but they are not causally related.The 'bust', in this view is the re-allocation and potential correction.The most destructive widespread mal-investments and mis-allocations are often caused by public policy changes that have systemic economic effects.With reference to the various theories of the Boom and bust cycle, the Austrian School specifically, a 'boom', in order to turn into a 'bust', the 'boom' must be a wide-spread mis-allocation of capital in the economy, based on popular temporary perception of unrealistic and/or unsustainable benefit