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Thinking about changing habits that are good and bad, we can look at what researchers discovered during a popcorn experiment.
Comparing Swedish men and women with top jobs in politics and business, we see that their divorce rates can vary considerably.
In this first Friday e-link for January, I recommend a Radiolab podcast about an NHL hockey all star who was never meant to achieve player fame.
Solving two mysteries, VW emissions tests first solved a regulatory puzzle and then revealed the impact of elevated auto pollution on health.
To keep our New Year's resolutions, behavioral economics has several simple suggestions that painlessly preserve our discipline.
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.