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The latest battle in Zimbabwe's war against inflation is being fought with another new currency that is called the ZiG.
While California's minimum wage update takes us to new data, it does not end the debate on the impact of increasing the minimum wage.
Because the GDP, the Dow, and even the employment numbers are insufficiently personal, they do a poor job of measuring well-being.
Looking at women's venture caqpital funding in the United States and Europe, we would see a vast chasm between the women and the men.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from Captchas to coffee beans.
Continuing with our April e-links, this week I recommend the fifth book in the Hawthorne and Horowitz murder mystery series.
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.