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Enjoying cookouts, fireworks, parades, and fun community activities, Americans love to celebrate the Fourth of July. To mark the occasion, enjoy our latest Econlife Quiz: Fourth of July.
Knowing that lithium batteries are a requisite for electric car production, General Motors and Ford need to guarantee their supply.
Rather like shifting tectonic plates, we can illustrate U.S. economic growth through the companies that achieved market milestones.
Connecting economics, current events, and hsitory, this week's economic news roundup ramges from Norway's coastline to measuring age.
Completing our June 2023 e-links, today I recommend a picture history of the first company to close the trading day with a $3 trillion+ cap.
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.