The difference between “living alone” and “feeling lonely” is not only psychological, the two forms of loneliness affect the economy in different ways: desired loneliness contributes to its growth, and involuntary loneliness has detrimental economic consequences, economists have found. about it talk Our colleagues from Econs.Online . We publish this article with their permission.

The coronavirus crisis will continue to influence the global economy for a long time. By 2030, its trajectory will lag behind the Dopandemic trend by 3%, and the damage to Russia for 2020–2025 will be equivalent to the loss of almost three years of growth. Our colleagues from Econs.online are divided by the last grades on the long -term influence of the current crisis. With their permission, we publish this material.

This week, at the age of 88, the Canadian economist, Nobel laureate Robert Mandell, who is considered one of the “Fathers of the Euro”, died. Our colleagues from the econs publication tell about his achievements. With their permission, we publish this text. Many ideas and theoretical works of Robert Mandell for decades ahead of his time.

Economics and love are closely connected, but economists are not yet sure how: in attempts to figure out they develop a method of love, build mathematical models and think why emotions are rational, and feelings and minds are not opposite. What economists know about love are told by our friends from Econs.online . With their permission, we publish this material.

Direct cash payments to the population allow you to support consumption in the crisis, softening the blow to the economy. Every $ 1 payments to American families increased their consumption by $ 0.29, in the early days the costs increased 1.5–2.5 times, the study showed, which is discussed by Econs.online . This week, direct payments to some categories of citizens were promised in Russia, but there is still ahead to evaluate their effectiveness.

The first study of the influence of Lockdown on California data showed that early restrictive measures can reduce mortality by 3–9 times and the benefits grow exponentially. At the same time, each saved life “costs” the loss of 113-300 jobs, writes Econs. We made the main business media in the country, now we are doing better-subscribe to the email newsletter of The Bell!

Before the floor of the Volker, the names of the heads of the federal reserve system were not particularly known, but not only the leaders of the world central banks were aware of its influence, but also ordinary Americans - for almost half a century. On December 8, the legendary economist and statesman, who headed the Fed, died for six years at the age of 92. Together with the economic portal Econs.online, we remind of its achievements. Paul Walker, 1986.

The constant stress that people experience is only by the US economy in $ 300 billion a year: with the help of rats, scientists have found a new way to cope with it. The fact that the economists wrote about what interesting in their blogs in their blogs, we talk along with the Econs portal.