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From All Systems Go to a Deep Recession in One Month
The economy has gone from the equivalent of 60 to 0 in the blink of an eye after social distancing directives permeated the nation. To try to understand the magnitude of the crisis, Anirban Basu compares it to previous events and evaluates the significance of events.
By Anirban Basu
May 13, 2020
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