Shutdowns Threaten Recession by Curbing Job Growth, Recovery
4 min readDec 14, 2020
The cost of the cure can't be greater than the cost of the disease.
Recently released jobs numbers indicate the sharp V-shaped recovery which started in May has flattened significantly. While annualized growth in GDP hit an astounding 33% in the third quarter of this year, the recent wave of government forced shutdowns has resulted in slow job growth, which…