July 19, 2023
Made worse by leaky pipes, European water shortages could become a bigger problem that requires short showers.
December 26, 2022
Streaming on Apple TV, "Come From Away" tells how the residents of Gander, Newfoundland warmly cared for thousands of unexpected guests.
August 5, 2022
Spain's ice shortage reminds us that close to 200 years ago, after we learned that drinks could be chilled, it became a necessity.
May 1, 2022
December 5, 2021
Covid's impact on factory labor, truck drivers, and packaging supplies has resulted in a New York City cream cheese shortage.
December 18, 2020
Lyft can come in handy when economists need to calculate the dollar value of time for us and for government.
October 22, 2020
To understand N95 supply shortages we can look at how N95s are made, at N95 exports, and at economic systems.
October 22, 2020
To understand N95 supply shortages we can look at how N95s are made, at N95 exports, and at economic systems.
October 12, 2020
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's annual flow chart is the easy way to see all you want to know about U.S. energy use.
April 26, 2020
The firms that produce craft beer and the farmers that grow Idaho potatoes have somewhat similar pandemic supply problems.
April 21, 2020
Economists can explain and improve our inadequate disaster preparation for predictable wildfires, diseases, hurricanes, and earthquakes.
April 9, 2020
Whereas toilet paper shortages have been in the news, the headlines could also have included surging egg demand, especially in Israel.