Back in the early days of the coronavirus in the U.S., many economists believed that aggressive lockdowns would be the best long-term solution for managing the pandemic, despite the short-term economic pain they would cause. Six months later, we wanted to

  By NB  Nov 14, 2021

Over the course of 2020, FiveThirtyEight’s visual journalists covered a historic election, an unprecedented year in sports, a raging pandemic and an economy in free fall. So to cap off this long, strange, difficult year, we’re continuing our tradition of

  By NB  Nov 14, 2021

It’s been about four months since the National Bureau of Economic Research declared that the U.S. was officially in a recession, and what a weird recession — and recovery — it’s been. The stock market has been merrily chugging along since Febr

  By NB  Nov 14, 2021

In this episode of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, host Galen Druke speaks with Heather Boushey, a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, on the rationale behind the American Rescue Plan.

  By NB  Nov 14, 2021