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For its chicken, tuna, bread, and footlong, Subway has been in court defending the sandwich names that some say are misleading.
A closer look at rising world food prices can show us how much, where, why, and their impact on hunger in low income nations.
We can wind up with misleading metrics when the number we use as a goal becomes the incentive that distorts output decisions.
As more nations experiment with central bank digital currencies, we could see less cash, fewer banks, and maybe some unintended consequences.
Debating billionaire power, we can compare J.P. Morgan in 1907 to the impact of Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and Elon Musk on space travel.
Asking about the 4-day workweek, we can look at the answers from a recent study in Iceland and also at Sweden, Germany, and Italy.
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.