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About much more than babies, China's shrinking birth rate reflects a slew of trade offs that created some problematic externalities.
In the United States and Globally, water is #1 for beverage consumption but then the two diverge, perhaps with some surprises.
We can look at the alternatives and at the environment to understand why our milk comnsumption has gone down.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from golden passports to minimum wage questions.
Continuing our February e-links, we suggest today that you might enjoy (as did I) one or several of the Broadway shows that can be streamed.
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.