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Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from Russian debt to Levi's jeans.
Our March e-links continue with a Ben & Jerry's podcast interview that combines the history of their ice cram business with a lot of laughs.
With gasoline prices above the national average in New Jersey and Oregon, we can ask if their full service gas stations are one reason.
Trying to copy Levi's, the East German government's problems with Communist jeans illustrated why East Germany and Russia need Western goods.
We have a mystery when we see that corporations are shrinking packages while their CEOs' inflation expectations are uninformed.
Looking at women's invisible work, we also see the relatively small amount done by men in most countries and the pay that was foregone.
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.