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Nike's Amazon problem related to the difficulty that most big brands would have with losing power at the Everything Store.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from tariff insight and apple innovation to new movie rules.

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.










