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Lessons from history, @EconObservatory has published a series of articles on what policy-makers & the public can learn from past pandemics, recessions & recoveries, #CoronavirusandtheEconomy ht @ProfJohnTurner @QUCEHBelfast, #econhist @EcHistSoc coronavirusandtheeconomy.com/topics/lessons… 
Historical epidemics provide only a loose guide to the likely impact of coronavirus; what history does suggest is that when they occur in societies already under stress, they can provoke wide-ranging & long-term changes in attitudes, culture &institutions coronavirusandtheeconomy.com/question/what-…
The pandemic of 1918-19 – commonly known as the #SpanishFlu – infected perhaps a third of the world’s population; many researchers, including economists, are looking back to that experience for insights into the spread of #Covid19 & potential responses coronavirusandtheeconomy.com/question/does-…
