In visions of post-pandemic life, 'Roaring Twenties' beckon again

Book to captures the mood of the times (from left) for 'The Great Influenza' by John M. Barry, 'Apollo’s Arrow' by Nicholas A. Christakis and 'Anything Goes: A Biography Of The Roaring Twenties' by Lucy Moore. Photo: AP

History repeats itself. But do decades duplicate?

As hopes rise that the pandemic is ebbing in the United States and Europe, visions of a second “Roaring Twenties” to match last century’s post-pandemic decade have proliferated.