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Pandemics, plagues and innovation in history: the striking parallels between COVID-19 and the Black Death

by Scott Tong

Jul 8, 2021

There are some economic lessons to be learned from society's handling of the infamous plague of the 14th century.

Ambulance men of Florence, Italy, carrying a patient on a stretcher whilst wearing masks to ward off the plague.

Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images

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