The brief recession the US economy experienced during the pandemic was arguably the weirdest one ever.

Why? Because it was "an unprecedentedly steep downturn [followed by] an unprecedentedly rapid comeback," says economist and University of Chicago professor Austan Goolsbee tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

What's more, that recession was driven by less demand for theoretically recession-proof services instead of stuff like goods and real estate.

And then there was the government response.