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Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from global warming to ranking happiness.
Concluding our March e-links, I suggest reading about a delightful innovation that is called the fish doorbell.
Among his many behavioral economics insights, these Daniel Kahneman stories illustrate some of the wisdom he conveyed.
While the length of the Francis Scott Key Bridge was just 1.6 miles, the cost of its collapse extended around the globe.
Thinking about the reasons that food prices rise, we can add a cause to our list that might get worse in the future.
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.