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Looking for a cashless economy, our first destination would be Sweden to see the upside and its unintended consequences.
Considering the cost of ad-free streaming video, we are nudged in opposite directions by incentives that relate to behavioral economics.
Looking at how firms compete, the results of the Oreo Hydrox cookie wars are the perfect example of strategies that depend on the market.
Looking closely at everyday activities, we would see the invisible labor that many of us rarely recognize.
Noting the Oscar nominations that top-grossing film "Barbie" did not get, we can ask if the film industry patriarchy was the reason.
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.