Economics
Economic Effects of Pandemics Last Decades, Research Shows
A single car moves across a bridge in Wuhan, China on March 26.
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The coronavirus pandemic could harm the economy for decades if past patterns are a guide, according to researchers drawing on data going back to the fourteenth century.