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In a new moon race this year, five private companies' lunar landers were supposed to transport NASA devices to the moon.
Behavioral economics can explain why forgotten subscriptions have become an increasingly typical phenomenon.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from an airline breakup to our water bottles.
Continuing with our January e-links, I recommend a podcast episode from the NY Times that told me all I need to know about the Houthis.
Again, airline competition could have shifted when a judge had to decide if JetBlue could acquire Spirit Airlines.
Through a Washington seismometer, we can use much more than traditional economic data to quantify the success of Taylor Swift's ERAs tour.
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.