This Bust Wasn't Caused by a Virus

This Bust Wasn’t Caused by a Virus

Tags: Booms and Busts, Financial Markets, Labor and Wages

04/27/2020 Mark Thornton

The COVID-19 panic may have sped up the beginning of this economic crisis, but the virus wasn’t the cause. The real cause of the crisis was the boom that came before it.

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Original Article: “This Bust Wasn’t Caused by a Virus“

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