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Looking at grade inflation at colleges and universities, we can ask whether the increase can be compared to prices.
When we feel protected, safety regulations can encourage the risky behavior and unintended consequences that they are trying to prevent.
When we look at China's child policies, changing from one to two to three, we see an impact on babies, boys, and the elderly.
Knowing that it needs to eliminate its driver shortage, Uber is trying to increase supply by offering higher wages.
Celebrating its 125th birthday, we can use the Dow Jones Industrial Average to see how the U.S. economy has changed
In the Epic v. Apple legal battle, the court may have to decide whether to upset the power that Apple has through its app store.
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.