The extent of the current economic malaise has much deeper roots than the coronavirus pandemic.
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Putting a dollar value on human lives to compare the costs and benefits of stay-at-home orders can have unintended consequences. These researchers found a different way.
An economist puzzles over why fireworks have been going off nightly across the country for so many weeks in a row.
We all think we want equality, but in reality it's often fairness that is more important to us.
This recession is not like any other in living memory. Phase one involved a massive supply shock. Phase two will involve dealing with a collapse in demand.
PODCAST: The third part of a series from The Anthill Podcast on how the world recovered from major crises throughout history focuses on the recovery after 1918.
Competition in the marketplace for ideas is different to competition in the market for ordinary goods and services. Bad ideas don't necessarily get trashed.
Jacinda Ardern is at stratospheric support levels due to her government's management of the COVID-19 crisis. That lead will inevitably narrow by the election – but by how much?
After the pandemic is over, grocery workers and nurses will still be essential. But will they be paid any better?
Tumbling global trade with China proves no country or sector is an island.
Without genuine global leadership the ability of economies to "build back better" after the disaster caused by COVID-19 will unfairly favour wealthier populations and nations.
A new analysis tried to estimate Americans' 'willingness to pay' based on the implied value of social distancing and other public intervention measures.
What is a state's balance of payments, and why do some pay so much more? An author of a report at the heart of debates over which states should get coronavirus relief funds breaks it down.
A program intended to reduce coca production ended up giving two Latin American countries a big boost to their flower power.
Reopening state economies too soon risks a second wave of the pandemic, and a surge in medical costs. Anyone who pays insurance premiums and taxes will be picking up the tab.
In these troubled economic times, skills and technology are key to lifting the UK out of the productivity doldrums.
The rush to make personal protective equipment like facemasks and face shields using 3D printers shows that the technology can help circumvent global supply chain disruptions.
Southern governors are starting to reopen their economies at the same time COVID-19 cases are spreading through the rural South.
The response to COVID-19 should become a learning opportunity on how to develop more illness-proof economies.
The crisis could provide the perfect reason for the Conservatives to expand the state to appeal to their new voter base. But they might also head in the opposite direction.
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