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To increase our pet spending, cat food makers have rersearchers at dog and cat "hotels" that monitor cat preferences.
Looking at the path of a tin can's cost, we can see why a steel tariff affects millions of people and businesses.
Continuing to break records, this year's giant vegetables include pumpkins that weigh more than 2,000 pounds.
Suspecting that remote work and fertility are related, we should remember that statistics can be misleading.
Looking at college finance through a school and a student lens explains why smaller nonprofit schools are closing.
While today there is an egg glut, the history of egg-laying hens indicates we could soon have an egg shortage.
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.