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When we look at five causes of U.S. economic strength, we can see the seeds of a Goldilocks economy that are continuing to sprout.
Knowing there is a global motherhood penalty that has not been quantitatively confirmed, scholars recently expanded the numbers.
Although the coin supply in the Philippines is more than sufficient, they have a coin shortage that creates problems.
Looking at ice cream economics, we can see who eats the most ice cream and how much an ice cream taster is worth.
Moving away from the dollar or the euro, we can shift our image of money by thinking of a stone slab and other pseudo currencies.
While Lyft is not the only company to experience an expensive typo, the mistakes would be minimized if analysts knew Benford's Law.
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.