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As the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine accelerates, nations would be wise to avoid vaccine nationalism and instead try to cooperate..
Knowing that we "treasure what we measure," understanding the GDP and a shrinking economy is even more important during a pandemic.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from booms and busts and making movies safely to drive-thrus.
A looming Social Security shortfall could happen much sooner because of pandemic spending and its impact on the birth rate.
Similar to schools and businesses, the reopening cost of making a movie safely during the coronavirus pandemic requires extra people, time, and money.
Hello Everyone-
I’m Elaine.
Having been in the classroom for decades, written three books (and some of a fourth one), I like to think about economics everywhere all the time. Every day, I’ve added a blog to econlife—now it has been almost 14 years and more than 4,000 posts. I am delighted that you are here and hope we can have some economic fun together.