%T Economic scars: how the lockdowns have permanently disfigured the Australian economy
%A Cian Hussey
%A Kurt Wallace


%I Institute of Public Affairs
%D 2020

%K COVID-19, %K Economic depressions, %K Pandemics, %K Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), %K Youth unemployment, %K Disease management, %K Emergency services, %K Fiscal policy, %K Infectious diseases, %K Small business, %K Public health



%U https://apo.org.au/node/308801

%X The economic crisis caused by lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 has distorted the Australian economy. The economic costs of lockdowns have not been
equally shared across the country. This paper outlines five key pieces of evidence that lockdowns, rather than freezing the economy in place, have disfigured it.
%9 Policy report