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Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roumndup ranges from sustainable fast fashion to marijuana.
Continuing our November e-links, I recommend the Netflix documentary that helps us learn more about the Taylor Swift phenome
Citing the increase in marijuana legalization, the Kansas City Federal Reserve quantified its economic and social impact.
Having just gone up, garment workers' wages in Bangladesh show the tradeoff between cheap fast fashion and fair pay.
Trickling down to the Chinese consumer through plunging home prices and youth unempllpyment, China's economic slowdown has a global reach.
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.