Genevieve Briand

Genevieve Briand is an economics instructor, with many years of experience teaching numerous and varied economics and statistics courses. Previously, she was Assistant Director at Johns Hopkins University for the MS in Applied Economics program, Instructor at Washington State University School of Economic Sciences, and Associate Professor of Economics at Eastern Washington University. She received her PhD from Washington State University.

There are 5.8 Million Missing Workers in the US

By Genevieve Briand | September 9, 2022

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At this rate, the August 2022 level would be 158,564 thousand. In other words, as of August 2022, there is an estimated shortfall of 5.8 million total nonfarm employees... Read more.

Why So Many Middle-Aged Deaths in 2021?

By Genevieve Briand | April 19, 2022

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Some thought April 2020 deaths were too high and justified putting our lives on hold, but January 2021 numbers were worse—the percentage death rate in 2021 is... Read more.

Which Pandemic Response Achieves the Greater Good?

By Genevieve Briand | February 12, 2022

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How do individuals know what’s best for them? While the scientific knowledge, theoretical or technical expertise of one person, or one profession, may help shed... Read more.