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January 17, 2022
January 17, 2022
January 17, 2022
January 17, 2022
While the history of Amazon Prime price hikes shows membership continued to grow, we can ask if a new increase will have the same impact.
January 16, 2022
For greener airlines, a plane's stairway descent to the airport from 40,000 feet is one of many changes we should consider.
January 15, 2022
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from speedier deliveries to naming beer.
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.