Internet Shuts Down, Economy Goes With It

Over the course of a year a study by the Brooking Institute by Darrell West found that economies lost close to $2.2 billion dollars after the government shutting down it's internet.  Nineteen countries and 81 disruptions over the course of one year showed the impact of a government shutting down its internet.

The highest amount of money lost goes to India who lost $968 million dollars, second was Saudi Arabia which lost $465 million dollars and third was Iraq which lost $210 million dollars. West also made comparisons to the Internet and the affect of it shutting down has on the GDP of a country.