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As always, the competitive eating techniques at Nathan's International Hot Dog Eating Contest are really all about economics.
Alexander Hamilton's timeless ideas about public credit, banking, manufacturing, and a transport infrastructure give us economic independence.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from paternity leave problems to trees and wealth.
Connecting ancient Yap islander money to bitcoin, July's e-links begin with an article that suggests bitcoin could have an ancestor.
We can use a tree equity score to compare the wealth and health of two communities because of the benefits created by trees.
In its 2021 Urban Mobility Report, Texas A&M tells us how and where Covid vastly changed our commuting time and our traffic congestion.
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.