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At the Mexican border, in addition to drugs, egg smuggling has grabbed the attention of border patrol officers.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from changing times to changing the GDP.
Continuing with our March 2025 Friday e-links, I have quoted the response of an eminent economist to a tariff.
Almost impossible, winning the lottery became easier in Texas when an out-of-state group used a courier service app.
Like most mega projects, the Manchester United proposal for a new £2 billion, 100,000 seat stadium sounds irresistible.
Affecting the bats that teams choose, the aluminum tariff can have an unpredictable and unproductive impact on baseball.
Hello Everyone-
I’m Elaine.
Having been in the classroom for decades, written three books (and some of a fourth one), I like to think about economics everywhere all the time. Every day, I’ve added a blog to econlife—now it has been almost 14 years and more than 4,000 posts. I am delighted that you are here and hope we can have some economic fun together.