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McDonald's arrival in Russia during 1990 and now, its departure reflect the power of the market and the constraints of central planning.
With another debt ceiling conflict emerging this week, we.should look back and ahead at how, what, and why the U.S. borrows.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from global social security to gender gaps.
Continuing with our Friday e-links, today we recommend a superb podcast with a synergy between an economist and a mathematician.
While different metrics show us that gender gaps are shrinking, still, globally, substantial gender differences create underutilization.
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.