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Crucial for economic growth, looking at labor productivity, we can focus on at home work and then the aggregate numbers.
While the minimum wage economic debate tends to look at floors and job loss, instead it also needs a cost-of-living focus.
While it can be interesting to see the massive incomes of the richest billionaires, global inequality is much more complicated.
When we look back to New Year's and keeping our resolutions, we can use the commitment devices that come in handy at all times.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from the Barbie movie to the Super Bowl.
We've begun our February e-links with a podcast series from The Economist that focuses on China's past but really is about now.
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.