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Looking back and looking ahead at our tipping behavior, we can expect tips to remain a social norm that will increase.
With different state laws and a Supreme Court decision affecting the NCAA, everywhere student athlete pay rules will change.
Whether looking a the strikes called by an umpire or the scores from wine tasters, we would see inconsistent decisions that are called noisy.
Today's "Back to the Future" looks back to the 1911 Standard Oil Supreme Court breakup decision and then at Amazon's antitrust concerns.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from the federal debt to the gender wage gap.
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.