None of those intangibles are lost either though. The visionary chef is still going to be a visionary chef once the pandemic is over and things return to normal, it's not like knowledge workers or artisans all turn into permanent forklift drivers or something.

There is going to be some degree of disruption as organisational capacity needs to be restored but this is no different than any other natural disaster, from which economies usually rebounce very quickly.

And as to customers still being able to afford things, that's where the government can and will step in to stabilize demand.