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Reflecting different ways to perceive the pandemic, our April 2020 e-links range from personality patterns to a musical collage and a modeling lesson.
Called ghost flights, empty passenger jets are being redeployed for freight although their seats and cargo holds are not ideal.
Looking at a crude oil matchmaker, production, and consumption, we can simply explain the below zero April oil price plunge.
Although pandemic lockdowns have reduced electricity demand, still, like the "big flush" after the Super Bowl, they need to retain peak capacity.
Economists can explain and improve our inadequate disaster preparation for predictable wildfires, diseases, hurricanes, and earthquakes.
When millions of jobless individuals cannot pay the rent, they initiate a ripple of nonpayments that touches many people and businesses.
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.