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Business Cycles
How a Street Corner Reveals the Real Recovery
While COVID-19 had a massive impact on consumer spending, “street corner” real time data reveal some surprises.
Understanding a Pandemic GDP
Knowing that we “treasure what we measure,” understanding the GDP and a shrinking economy is even more important during a pandemic.
What an Oil Boom and Bust Do to a Town
Sometimes like a roller coaster, the change in prices that cause an oil boom and bust can transform drilling towns and cities.
How a Pandemic Produces a Misleading GDP
Because of the huge and sometimes inconsistent impact of Covid-19 on the economy, potentially misleading GDP numbers will need a closer look.
How the Alphabet Will Describe the Recovery
Called an alphabet recovery, the ABC’s of the GDP trajectory after a massive decline can be illustrated through the letters of the alphabet and a Swoosh.
The Pandemic Pain Felt by Your Dentist
To get a picture of pandemic job vulnerability, we can focus on occupations that need high physical proximity and cannot be done at home.
The Six Facts We Want to Know About the Italian Economy
Six facts can show the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on an Italian economy that is one of the weakest in the Eurozone.
The Mystery of a President’s Economic Performance
While we know that GDP can influence an election, economists also ask whether the results of the election will affect the GDP.
A Little-Known Downside of Economic Growth
Per capita economic growth has a little-known connection to the world’s hundreds of endangered languages that could become extinct.