Economic Ideas
Economic Thinkers
Economic History
What's Trending
Latest Posts
Friday's e-Links
Quizzes
The economic side of Australia's fire ant invasion includes accepting the massive eradication opportunity cost.
Because sand demand includes roads, beach volleyball, glass, concrete, your home's foundation, and solar panels, we might not have enough.
Recovering after the Great Recession, housing markets expanded until they had to shrink in an unexpected way.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from the 4-day workweek to job names.
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.