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Ranging from the Olympics to scholarly papers and with everything in between, alphabetical order is an equalizer.
In so many different ways, ranging from time to money, the James Webb Telescope is about billions of years and dollars.
During the holiday season, our gift giving might have less value than we expect because recipients engage in preference falsification.
Among the countless ways that Covid has affected our lives, now we can add the correlation suggested by Amazon candle reviews.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from shipping delays to the power of big people.
Our December 2021 e-links continue with a Steven Levitt talk with Harvard's Claudia Goldin that looks at 50 years of women in labor markets.
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.