econlife square logo black retina 120 x 30econlife square logo black retina 120 x 30econlife square logo black retina 120 x 30econlife square logo black retina 120 x 30
  • ABOUT
  • ECONOMIC IDEAS
    • Behavioral Economics
    • Business
    • Demand and Supply
    • Economic Growth
    • Economic Systems
    • Entitlements
    • Human Capital
    • Money and Banking
    • Productivity
    • Scarcity
    • Taxes and Spending
    • The Market System
    • Trade & Comparative Advantage
    • Tradeoffs
  • ECONOMIC THINKERS
    • Adam Smith
    • Alfred Marshall
    • Daniel Kahneman
    • David Ricardo
    • Friedrich Hayek
    • Gary Becker
    • John Maynard Keynes
    • John Stuart Mill
    • Joseph Schumpeter
    • Karl Marx
    • Milton Friedman
    • Thomas Malthus
    • Thorstein Veblen
  • ECONOMIC HISTORY
    • Business Cycles
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Industry
    • Transportation
  • WHAT’S TRENDING
    • Airline Industry
    • Competition
    • Developing Economies
    • Education
    • Entertainment
    • Environment
    • European Union
    • Food
    • Food and Drink
    • Food and Entertainment
    • Gender Issues
    • Healthcare
    • Immigration
    • Income Inequality
    • Income Transparency
    • Innovation
    • International Trade
    • Norway
    • Perspectives
    • Presidential Economics
    • Presidential Election
    • Sports
    • Technology
    • Weekly Roundup
✕
October 23, 2026
economic news roundup and California's Wealth Tax incentives
October 23, 2026
The Complex Side of a Wealth Tax

Seemingly a simple idea, California's Wealth Tax initiative creates a vast array of incentives that affect current and future revenue.

Do you like it?
Read more
October 9, 2026
economic news roundup and pet spending
October 9, 2026
What We Spend On Our Cats

To increase our pet spending, cat food makers have rersearchers at dog and cat "hotels" that monitor cat preferences.

Do you like it?
Read more
May 6, 2026
Weekly Economic News Roundup and tobacco taxes
May 6, 2026
Where to Find a Tobacco Smuggler

While a tobacco tax can be an ideal source of revenue, policy makers need to know how to set the ideal rate.

Do you like it?
Read more
November 21, 2025
economic news roundup and California's Wealth Tax incentives
November 21, 2025
Why We Will (and Won’t) Want a Wealth Tax

Concerned […]

Do you like it?
Read more
July 1, 2025
economic news roundup and sandwich taxes
July 1, 2025
What Is a Sandwich?

Whether looking at the UK or the U.S., we find that sandwich taxes, depending on the definition of a sandwich, are unpredictable.

Do you like it?
Read more
June 16, 2025
congestion pricing and car horns
June 16, 2025
How Horn Honking Responds to Congestion Pricing

To assess the short term impact of New York City's congestion pricing, we can look at predictable metrics and also horn honking.

Do you like it?
Read more
June 10, 2025
gasoline prices
June 10, 2025
Why Gasoline Taxes Are a Problem

As road funding plunges from less gas tax revenue, we have to identify new sources of revenue for maintaining our highways and bridges.

Do you like it?
Read more
February 19, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and federal spending recipients
February 19, 2025
The States That Give and Get the Most From the Federal Government

Several […]

Do you like it?
Read more
November 10, 2024
European exports
November 10, 2024
What History Says About Tariffs

Whether looking at the 1930s or now, we see that the impact of tariffs on businesses, on global trade, and on government revenue is negative.

Do you like it?
Read more
June 27, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Social Security COLAs
June 27, 2024
Why Higher Tariffs and a Wealth Tax Won’t Work

On the right and the left, proponents of new taxes suggest doomed policies like expanding tariffs or a wealth tax.

Do you like it?
Read more
April 8, 2024
alcohol taxes
April 8, 2024
A Surprising Rum Tax

When the U.S. Congress decided to give Puerto Rico some alcohol taxes from its rum exports, the results were unexpected.

Do you like it?
Read more
November 24, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundupand Beer competition
November 24, 2023
Do Beer Taxes Make a Difference?

Hoping either to improve our health or elevate revenue, governments levy sin taxes on items like beer with results that economists debate.

Do you like it?
Read more
Load more

CATEGORIES

CATEGORIES
  • Adam Smith
  • Airline Industry
  • Alfred Marshall
  • Ask Alexa
  • Behavioral Economics
  • Business
  • Business Cycles
  • Competition
  • cost and benefit
  • Daniel Kahneman
  • David Ricardo
  • Demand and Supply
  • Demand, Supply, and Markets
  • Developing Economies
  • Development
  • e-links
  • Economic Ethics
  • Economic Growth
  • Economic History
  • Economic Ideas
  • economic systems
  • Economic Thinkers
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • entitlements
  • Environment
  • European Union
  • Finance
  • Financial Markets
  • Fiscal policy
  • Food
  • Food and Drink
  • Food and Entertainment
  • Friedrich Hayek
  • Gary Becker
  • Gender Issues
  • Government
  • Healthcare
  • Households
  • human capital
  • Immigration
  • Income Inequality
  • Income Transparency
  • Industry
  • Innovation
  • International Trade
  • John Maynard Keynes
  • John Stuart Mill
  • Joseph Schumpeter
  • Just Ask Jenna
  • Karl Marx
  • Labor
  • Learn
  • Macroeconomic Measurement
  • Macroeconomics
  • Microeconomics
  • Milton Friedman
  • Minimum Wage
  • Monetary Policy
  • Money and Banking
  • Norway
  • Perspectives
  • Presidential Economics
  • Presidential Election
  • Prices
  • productivity
  • Quizzes
  • Regulatory Policy
  • Scarcity
  • Sports
  • Taxes and Spending
  • Technology
  • The Market System
  • Thomas Malthus
  • Thorstein Veblen
  • Trade & Comparative Advantage
  • tradeoffs
  • Transportation
  • Travel
  • Uncategorized
  • Weekly Roundup
  • What's Trending
econlife
Please send your questions, comments, suggestions, and any stories that connect economics with everyday life to elaine@econlife.com.

Latest Posts

Friday’s e-links

econlife Quizzes

Glossary

Contact 
©2026. Econlife. All rights reserved.