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n a slew of class action lawsuits, litigants claim that fast food images exaggerate the size of the food they purchase.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, today's economic news roundup ranges from diminishing recycling to more movie passes.
As the first of our September e-links, I recommend a classic economics book that relates to every presidential election.
Idalia reminds us that the cost of hurricanes for storms with the letter "I" has been especially deadly and destructive.
Trying to encourage us to return to movie theaters, the movie packages that matter have had disastrous results.
As a seemingly virtuous activity with a hidden downside, the impact of recycling is not what many of us expect.
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.