Barry Ritholtz discussed how Sweden's laissez-faire pandemic approach (letting it run its course) resulted in economic damage equivalent to shutdown countries, while also having case count increases—proving that economic damage was unavoidable regardless of policy choice
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“they essentially had the leis a fair attitude they let the pandemic run its course but the economy was still hit just as hard... they've had their case counts come up in Sweden”
Created: 8/10/2026, 11:15:50 PM
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