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With federal spending far exceeding federal revenue, we have to decide if more borrowing or federal taxation should span the gap.
With the media focusing on the politics, we need to complete the picture with a look at Afghanistan's economy.
With cities reporting record high temperatures, some have decided they need Chief Heat Officers to create a response.
Although the hospital prices transparency rule kicked in last January, it still is somewhat impossible to decipher a hospital's price list.
Owning the moon has been debated since the 1960s when countries, businesses, and individuals had to decide if we had a common heritage.
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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.