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My May 2020 e-links include a wonderful penguin race, two excellent podcasts, a non-fiction disaster story, and an xkcd cartoon,
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.
Ranging from tacos to dumplings to General Tso's chicken, our state-by-state quarantine takeout preferences are different.
Among the many variables involved with coronavirus math, the dollar value of a life can help us determine the importance of social distancing.
Looking at the first shopping mall and its evolution, we can see how its original concept will now be turned upside down.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from coronavirus innovations and a fashion battle to EVs.
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.