June 12, 2020
While the headlines tell us the monthly unemployment rate, we can look at other numbers in the report to get the whole story.
June 1, 2020
Although the per capita GDP gap between two countries could appear large, the difference shrinks when you bring welfare into your calculations.
May 28, 2020
Even if all works out with with a fast-track compressed timeline for developing the COVID-19 vaccine, we will have distribution dilemmas to resolve.
May 25, 2020
Looking at the first shopping mall and its evolution, we can see how its original concept will now be turned upside down.
May 8, 2020
When we look at where consumer spending has declined and where we expect to spend in the future, we can ask where recovery spending will come from.
April 29, 2020
A group of economists estimated the value of digital services like Facebook to illustrate a new way to think about the GDP.
April 27, 2020
When we use three buckets, the complexities of the Federal Reserve's pandemic monetary policy can be simple to understand.
April 23, 2020
Looking at a crude oil matchmaker, production, and consumption, we can simply explain the below zero April oil price plunge.
April 22, 2020
Although pandemic lockdowns have reduced electricity demand, still, like the "big flush" after the Super Bowl, they need to retain peak capacity.
April 21, 2020
Economists can explain and improve our inadequate disaster preparation for predictable wildfires, diseases, hurricanes, and earthquakes.
April 16, 2020
As a pandemic, COVID-19 could have an impact that is more similar to a macroeconomic disaster than typical normal recessions.
April 15, 2020