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Reflected by the rising number of female Olympic medal winners, gender equality has improved at the Olympics.
Far behind other countries, high-speed rail transit in the U.S. just needs to copy what the Eastern Shuttle long ago did for air travel.
The eviction moratoriums that affect renters and landlords require tradeoffs from millions of individuals and businesses.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from cigarette taxes to March Madness and medals.
Our August e-links begin with some insight from Daniel Kahneman, the first (and only) psychologist to win the economics Nobel award.
Like factory quotas, snake bounties, or college ranking, sometimes incentives can create unintended consequences.
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.