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Whether looking at great apes or humans, there is evidence that all of us experience a dip in our happiness curves at a similar stage of the life cycle.
Per capita economic growth has a little-known connection to the world's hundreds of endangered languages that could become extinct.
Because Chicago first had a single use plastic bag ban and then replaced it with a single use plastic bag fee, researchers can compare the impact.
Knowing that healthcare spending is a big national and individual concern, we took a look at what economists believe about Medicare for All.
To diminish the city's noise pollution, Mumbai is experimenting with traffic lights that last longer when drivers honk too much.
While many of us think that restaurants sell us food, economists point out that they are actually renting space to diners for several hours.
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.