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Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from democracy and the economy to Swifties.
From the Economist's EIU group and Pew Research, we can gain insight about the connection between the economy and democracy.
Starting to shift, the traditional dating norms that signal men should pay for dinner have a hidden downside.
Separated by 6,582 km (4,090 miles), near Paris and New Delhi, farmer protests hope to achieve similar and yet different goals.
From graphs to behavioral economics and free trade, our Valentine's economics again illustrates that economics is everywhere.
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.