Adeadly virus arrives from the east and sweeps through western Europe for two years. The pandemic devastates the country’s economy and drastically reduces the number of available workers. Those who survive find they are in a strong position to secure a higher price for their labour. That was the England of the 1350s in the aftermath of the Black Death, when emergency measures were brought in to...
It’s not quite the Black Death, but worker shortage hits UK firms hard
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