Yanowitz: COVID-19 is the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression
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Blockworks co-founder Jason Yanowitz compares the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to the Great Depression in a discussion with Nathan Latka.
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“This is the greatest financial crisis that we've seen since the great depression.”
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