WW presents “Distant Voices,” a daily video interview for the era of social distancing. Our reporters are asking Portlanders what they’re doing during quarantine.As an economist, Tim Duy is watching COVID-19 hit Oregon the way an astronomer might watch an asteroid slam into Earth. He's horrified, but still: This is what he studies, and he never thought he'd see it."It isn't what I was hoping for in any way, shape or form," he says, "but it will birth a million dissertations, because it's such a unique event."Duy is arguably the leading expert on the Oregon economy. When he's not...…WW presents “Distant Voices,” a daily video interview for the era of social distancing. Our reporters are asking Portlanders what they’re doing during quarantine.As an economist, Tim Duy is watching COVID-19 hit Oregon the way an astronomer might watch an asteroid slam into Earth. He's horrified, but still: This is what he studies, and he never thought he'd see it."It isn't what I was hoping for in any way, shape or form," he says, "but it will birth a million dissertations, because it's such a unique event."Duy is arguably the leading expert on the Oregon economy. When he's not...WW…