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The Black Death | 6. how the pandemic transformed societies

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The Pandemic and Its Effects on the Economy

Extreme weather taking place, andw so extreme there's nothing it in the last one thousand years. But when you have on top of that all the shortage of labour, the disruption to markets? Who's producing food? How do you sell it? Have you got enough to feed yourself, let alone to produce for other people? And of course, this amplifies both the disruption, the sense of fear, and the ability of communities to to adjust to what is a dramatic supply d shock.

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