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Now we can add Sriracha shortages to the list of items first affected by Covid and then also by severe weather.
While ascending food prices could encourage us to buy less of certain breakfast items, the impact of coffee inflation could be different.
Because of a huge wave and massive container ships, we wound up with a gargantuan number of Lego pieces becoming The Great Lego Spill.
The conservation or development tradeoff for flamingos and bears shows us the complexities of environmental decisions.
Because of Malaysia's export nationalism, Singapore's consumers could face shortages of their beloved chicken rice dish.
Hoping to move away from its male dominated space suit history, NASA is looking to the private sector for designs that include women.
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.