Is there a name for the kind of logic that derives a strong implication for the present from a counterfactual

Is there a name for the kind of logic that derives a strong implication for the present from a counterfactual about the past?
“If only if we had … so this time, …"
Chartbook #65 on the price control debate sparked by @IsabellaMWeber history of 1940s.
adamtooze.substack.com/p/top-links-65… https://t.co/YxpT1czYsJ

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