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With tectonic shifts in the TV and film business, movie product placement has remained a dependable marketing tool.
Looking back at Medicare and Medicaid, we can see why there are several versions of spending projections for the American Families Plan.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from impulse buying to vaccine sharing.
For May's e-links, we begin with a Washington Post article that presents a graphic history of big tech that shows how they grew so large.
Echoing what happened during the 1950s, banana problems with a spreading fungus mean we will again need a new kind of banana.
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.