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The third entry for our October 2021 e-links looks at a wonderful Simpsons' animation that brought humor to Paris Fashion Week.
With Social Security COLAs (Cost-of-Living-Adjustments) soaring, we wind up with a wage mismatch that accelerates funding problems.
When we use poor punctuation, a misplaced comma or a missing apostrophe can create a costly mistaken message.
Affecting glass, plastic, and aluminum, container shortages are constraining the production of disparate kinds of beverages.
Although 136 countries have agreed to update the corporate tax system, a 15 percent maximum rate is not as simple as it sounds.

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.










