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Re:‘God preserve us all’: Samuel Pepys and the Great Plague ... by graeme on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @09:35AM (#22545677)
An enormous outbreak seems likely to cause a recession. The economy is people. People get sick and die, the economy suffers.
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Re:‘God preserve us all’: Samuel Pepys and the Great Plague ... by TheOtherHobbes on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @11:17AM (#22546522)
It's almost as if we're incapable of creating a planetary economy that can handle shocks with robustness and resilience.
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Re:‘God preserve us all’: Samuel Pepys and the Great Plague ... by graeme on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @01:55PM (#22548290)
People often harp on this point, but plagues travelled the globe long before globalization. They just moved a bit slower from area to area. But they were quite devastating in less connected ages.
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