A probable result of an economic reform in a progressive era is going to be chaotic at first. Economic reform always involves the deregulation or reduction of the size of the government. People do this in the hope that the distortions caused by these regulations would be fixed in the long run. But when this has not been carefully planned, people who are in office or are in power that were suddenly stripped off of their title would definitely go against such practice creating more chaos in society.
