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Lockdowns and Livelihoods: Government Economic Interventions in Pandemics

It’s been over a year since the coronavirus pandemic began. Many lives have been taken by the disease, and there remains another cost seldom considered: the economic cost of the pandemic. This article explores the historical precedence for the lockdowns and measures that have thrown our economy asunder.