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With inconsistent attendance, movie theaters appreciate that pricey collectible popcorn buckets add to their revenue.
Looking at today's S&P 500 bull market, we can identify its place in history and decide if FOMO or FEMO pushed it skyward.
With college students using a new dating app, it could be more likely that assortative dating creates inequality.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from the drought and the Danube to lettuce.
For the first of our August e-links, we suggest a carefully curated, non-partisan source of facts about the United States from Steve Ballmer.
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.