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Whether it's breakfast or lunch, a look at sandwich economics tells us about our food tradeoffs and our GDP spending.
Called the Apple pivot, reducing exposure to China and increasing production in India is just one example of global trade reallocation.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from cheap bananas to a golden spike.
Starting our November e-links, we recommend a news website with global facts, analysis, and an outlook that distinguishes it from the others.
When the Panama Canal reduces traffic because of a water shortage, it creates a logjam that could delay our holiday presents.
During the 1990s, fought with banana tariffs, the U.S. engaged in a war with the EU that the U.K. has continued.
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.