How COVID-19 Lockdowns Destroy Small Businesses, Aggravate Income Inequality
A normally busy Main Street is deserted as the small businesses that line the business district remain closed after the governor instituted a shelter-in-place order in an attempt to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in Rockton, Ill., on March 24, 2020. Scott Olson/Getty Images
A new study shows that COVID-19 lockdowns have hurt the economy, sharpened inequality, and disproportionately harmed minorities and the poor.
Rob Natelson
Author
Robert G. Natelson is a former constitutional law professor and senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver. He is the author of “The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant” (4th ed. publication pending). He also is a contributor to the Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”