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Accepted as a normal part of online shopping, our return behavior is easy for us but is much more complex for sellers.
If Argentina's inflation numbers cliimb, so too will the distortions in people'e behavior as their spending incentives change.
Identifying "Home Alone" economics, we can see reasons for economic growth through the difference between 1990s and 2023 technology.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from war zone atms to comparing Santa and Amazon.
Continuing our December e-links, this week we recommend a new podcast series from the BBC that tells stories rather than generic narratives.
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.