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What can the 1957 stockmarket crash teach us about the coronavirus crisis?

In the "Eisenhower Recession" of 1957, the stockmarket crashed, unemployment soared – and a flu epidemic ravaged the globe. John Stepek looks at what we can learn from it today.

by: John Stepek
11 Apr 2020

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Dwight D Eisenhower © Ed Clark/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images

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