Matthew Jackson, profesor ekonomii z Uniwerytetu Stanford w USA - twierdzi, iż kryzys wygenerowany reakcją na epidemię koronawirusa będzie - w USA - znacznie gorszy niż dotychczasowy najgorszy amerykański kryzys - ten z 1929 r. Zdaniem ekonomisty, bezrobocie w USA za kilka miesięcy sięgnie 32 % (podczas gdy w okresie wielkiego kryzysu 1929 - 1933, w szczytowej fazie sięgało 25 %) i rząd USA w celu neutralizowania skutków ekonomicznego trzęsienia ziemi będzie zmuszony uruchomić program typu rooseveltowski New Deal - tylko na większą skalę. Analiza Jacksona dotyczy sytuacji w USA. Ale najpewniej wiele z jego uwag ma charakter uniwersalny, warto więc jest się z nimi uważnie zapoznać.

"The very peak of the Great Depression was just under 25% unemployment rate. And that took several years to hit. If the [current] trend continues, we'll blow through that by the summertime," he said. In less than one month, the coronavirus pandemic has displaced more than 10% of American workers. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis estimates that more than 47 million Americans could lose their jobs in the second quarter (between April and June), which would send the unemployment rate to a staggering 32%."

"The Great Depression had numerous sector slowdowns, like finance and farming, but it did not have any sectors so dramatically closed like we do today with the restaurant, tourism, airline, and sporting events industries, he said. And while The Great Depression started with the stock market crash of 1929 and eventually led to a slowdown in demand from consumers, today, the economy is starting out with a substantial loss in production, amounting to a partial shutdown of the economy, which is worse."

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