The gravest economic crisis since the end of the war

John Hawkins

The gravest economic crisis since the end of the war

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Governments around the world have responded to the coronavirus pandemic in ways that can truly be described as unprecedented. But if we were to travel back, like police detective Sam Tyler did in Life on Mars, to the Britain of 1973 — a world he likened to a different planet — we would be struck by one significant similarity: a government-ordered partial lockdown of the economy.

Original language	English
Pages	1-4
Number of pages	4
Specialist publication	Inside Story
Publisher	Inside Story Publishing
Publication status	Published - 10 Jun 2020

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