Assorted Links Saturday

Start-up boom in the pandemic is growing stronger: After waning for decades, applications to start businesses surged last year. If the rebound proves durable, it could provide a more resilient economy.

A "summer chill" looms for consumers: Consumer spending 🔻🔻🔻.

Ending federal benefits was supposed to lower Florida’s unemployment: But that didn’t work.

Wall Street's top economists are concerned about the Delta variant.

Weekend reading: Economics in One Virus: An Introduction to Economic Reasoning through COVID-19.