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While the income we depend on varies with our age, our education , and our gender, social insurance is one common need.
Looking at different nations, we see that what we eat requires a vast amount of resources in some places but not in others.
When we hear about 25% Trump tariffs on Mexico and Canada, we can think of the travels of car seats, transmissions, and capacitors.
When President Trump tried to eliminate a tariff exception, he had to reverse his order because of an unintended consequence.
Because there are no women in the top paid 100 athletes, the sports gender pay gap is more than a whopping $200 million.
Connecting economics with current events and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from unused gift cards to electric mail trucks.
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.