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title: COVID-19 - a historical perspective - NZIER Insight 94
description: Who will be the winners and losers from COVID-19?
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# [COVID-19 - a historical perspective - NZIER Insight 94](https://www.nzier.org.nz/news/covid19-a-historical-perspective-nzier-insight94)

 Written by [The NZIER Team](https://www.nzier.org.nz/news/author/the-nzier-team) | October 21, 2020

Who will be the winners and losers from COVID-19? History says don't be presumptuous. Former Head of School of Government and economic historian Gary Hawke explains in the final of the NZIER COVID Insight series.

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