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As a source of our productivity, sleep time varies by gender, among people with and without children, and by age.
Somewhat deceptive, lower interest rates have a varied impact when we look closely at the different types of borrowing.
Our pet spending sends a signal that relates to Covid, the family, and the GDP that is about a lot more than money.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from a port strike to guns and butter.
Continuing with our September e-links, I suggest returning to a timeless podcast from five years ago about how Spanx began.
With East Coast dockworkers threatening a port strike, their concerns take us to the job and cost dilemmas of automation.
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.