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The Small Business Die-Off Is Here
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The Small Business Die-Off Is Here

Many small businesses won’t survive, and that will change the landscape of American commerce for years to come.

The Atlantic, 2020


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If you imagine that the US economy will ricochet back from the pandemic, creating a “V-shaped” line on the proverbial economic recovery graph, The Atlantic’s economic policy reporter Annie Lowrey suggests you curb your optimism. The curve of economic recovery will be decidedly “U-shaped,” she says, due in large part to the loss of small businesses. Given their crucial role in fueling innovation, productivity, higher wages and lower prices, the loss of small businesses may create a cascade of negative consequences.

Take-Aways

  • The United States bungled its small business loan program so far.
  • The COVID-19 US Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan initiative won’t be enough to save small businesses.
  • The pandemic will exacerbate existing inequities for immigrants and people of color.

About the Author

Annie Lowrey covers economic policy for The Atlantic. She previously held staff writer positions at The New York Times and Slate. She is the author of Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World.


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