The severe collapse in the economy did not result from the typical business-cycle, overheated and bubble-bursting downturn. The contraction of business activity, unprecedented in both depth and velocity inflicted during U.S. history, was brought on by government decree imposing economic marital law, forbidding normal consumer activity, and shuttering business operations. Labeled the “Great Suppression” by some, the rationale for shutting down the economy was to “flatten the curve,”  ration scar...