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After a court battle over the length of its footlong, Subway was again in court trying to prove that its tuna sub has tuna.
Whether looking at Germany's minimum wage hike or David Card's classic 1992 study, still raising the minimum wage can be controversial.
Looking at some of the key ideas from the World Energy Outlook 2021, we can see why decarbonization-policy is a huge challenge.
Told by a NY Times reporter, the educational journey of a homeless child creates daunting dilemmas that also relate to government programs.
To begin to grasp President Biden's spending proposals and the spending cuts debate, we need to understand big numbers.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from Covid can shortages to corporate taxes.
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.