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2020-03-17 13:02:28

Do Economic Downfalls Follow Pandemics?

What really caused the Great Depression? And did the Spanish Flu ten years earlier contribute to the historic economic crash?

A caller asks Thom Hartmann if the Spanish Flu affected the economy enough to lead to the great depression. And if so, will the coronavirus do the same?


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