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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.
When we lose close to 40 percent of our pork processing capacity, the pork supply chain breaks in a direction that you might not expect.
When the Universal Postal Union used four Rs to rank postal services in 172 countries, the United States was in ninth place.
When people are not going to drink128,000 Mint Juleps because the Kentucky Derby is postponed, the local mint grower has a problem.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from the pandemic impact on beer and ads to our marriage rate.
Our May 2020 e-links begin with a podcast series on "Business Wars" between companies that include Starbucks and Dunkin', and Amazon and Walmart.
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.