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No, there are no comparable analogies to coronavirus HotAir

In the parlance of economists, we aren t just facing a demand shock from people who have suddenly become afraid to fly or attend a concert. We re facing a supply shock from things that haven t been made in shuttered factories, that aren t on ships to the factories and stores here that need them. If the epidemic grows here, as many expect it to, we will soon be facing another supply shock as quarantines and social-distancing measures prevent us from making some of the goods and services we d normally produce.

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