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With recreational marijuana legal in more than half of the U.S., one unexpected complaint has begun to multiply.
Experimenting with free football by not charging for tickets, a French and a German team changed the cost of a game.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from human rights and solar panels to rum taxes.
Continuing with our April e-links, we took a closer look at the public domain and learned more about what we all "own."
Having become public domain art because of their age, Leonardo da Vinci's "Vetruvian Man" and Walt Disney's first Mickey Mouse are similar.
Looking closely at the sources of electricity production, we would see that solar power has some (sheepish) surprises.
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.