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Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economics news roundup ranges from chewed up money to New Year's resolutions.
As the first of our 2024 e-links, my podcast recommendation has a slew of layers that range from legislation to values.
When your dog makes a meal of your money, you can ask if chewed up cash can be rescued by depositing it at the bank.
Knowing that prices convey information, we can assume that a $59 million wedding is an example of Thorstein Veblen's conspicuous consumption.
Deciding who could invite us to Taco Tuesday was finally legally settled after Taco Bell challenged the owners of the Taco Tuesday trademark.
Seeing that our New Year's resolutions have changed since last year, we have to figure out new devices to keep them.
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.