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Looking at the penny debate, we have a slew of reasons on both sides that have been used for decades with one new addition from the TSA.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from taxing tips to Crypto, and ATMs.
For insight, smiles, and some loud laughs, we begin our September e-links by recommending the FX/Hulu "English Teacher" streaming series.
Power hungry cryptocurrency mining and AI data centers could have a worrisome impact on our electricity demand.
With taxing tips proposals coming from both presidential candidates, we need to see some of the complexities.
Looking at the economic side of music, we can focus on the tradeoffs that relate to art, money, and technology.
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.