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Compelling in different ways, our four November e-links range from a giant panda cub's name to a podcast with some political surprises.
Comparing the Covid-19 response, Bloomberg's resilience ranking tells us which countries are most successful and least disruptive.
While Thanksgiving dinner appears to be about food, we can really understand it by looking through an economic lens.
When the fight against obesity comes down to a battle against chocolate consumption, winning will be tough.
The 2019 Trump Administration tariffs on wine from four targeted European countries and on Airbus airplanes distorted buyers' behavior.
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.