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With our foreign-born population occupying the headlines, and the probability that major policy decisions will relate to unauthorized immigrants, we need to know the facts and the tradeoffs.
Illustrated by asparagus, how we transport our food from the farm to our home determines their carbon footprint and why buying local can surprise us.
Concerned with the mystery of a consumer economic disconnect, we look at why consumer sentiment fails to recognize robust GDP, inflation, employment, and equity data.
With the cost of artificial intelligence ( AI ) skyrocketing as it even spreads to dating apps, we can ask if AI productivity will justify the massive spending.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from a unique identity to eliminating roads.
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.