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On the right and the left, proponents of new taxes suggest doomed policies like expanding tariffs or a wealth tax.
Whether looking at movie theaters, migration, or the Paris Olympics, we can see the impact of air conditioning.
When a municipality wants to do good by boosting gig worker pay, it discovers there could be unintended consequences.
We can look at corporations, politics, and science to see the progress that women have made toward achieving gender equality.
Not quite as simple as it sounds, quantifying disasters has a varied impact that mght not always make us safer.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from Chinese potatoes to package sizes.
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.