Estimating the economic impact of COVID-19 on Philadelphia

So, what's the economic shakeup from all this going to be? Dr. Kevin Gillen got asked that question so often, he tried see if he could find an answer. Gillen is an Economist at the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation at Drexel University, and his research looked at the last major pandemic in Philadelphia, the Spanish Flu in 1918, to try to figure out big of an impact COVID-19 will have on the economy.  Check out his research here: https://drexel.edu/lindyinstitute/initiatives/COVID-19-research-reports/COVID-Philly-Economic-Impact/ See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

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