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Looking at Janesville, Wisconsin, we can see how a city recovered from the loss of thousands of manufacturing jobs when its GM plant closed.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from grocery prices to soup dumplings and M&Ms.
Continuing with our August e-links, we recommend a podcast that explains how stars demand top movie billing.
More than a list of burger prices, the Economist's Big Mac Index lets us compare different currencies' purchasing power.
While rising grocery prices are easy to recognize every time we shop, the causes of inflation have been more complex.
While we can look at carbon emissions as a planet and as a country, still it comes down to our household's carbon footprint.
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.