Introducing the Great Lockdown - April 17, 2020
In which, we name an economic crisis, Trump names a committee to reopen the economy, and the name calling begins in the debate to reopen America and punish China.
Introducing the Great Lockdown
The economic crisis emerging out of the COVID-19 crisis got a name this last week. In its World Economic Outlook, the IMF dubs it the Great Lockdown. The analysis isn’t pretty as the IMF projects the worst downturn since the Great Depression, easily outstripping the Great Recession of 2008. Axios calls the report “optimisti…
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