What Arizona business owners say about when — and how — to reopen the state's economy

Professor of Economics Dennis Hoffman who's the director of the L. William Seidman Research Institute agrees on the need to take steps gradually.

Professor of Economics Dennis Hoffman who's the director of the L. William Seidman Research Institute agrees on the need to take steps gradually, suggesting permanent social-distancing safeguards like Plexiglass barriers and temperature checks could be the answer to getting businesses back to operating somewhat normal because it slows the spread of the virus and it makes customers feel safe.

In this story published April 18, 2020, on azcentral:

Normalcy in any real sense will depend on the degree of confidence people have that they are safe in consuming goods and services. And that has to require some form of mass testing and a reduction in new cases and new complicated cases.

– Dennis Hoffman, professor of economics and director of the L. William Seidman Research Institute