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Continuing with our February e-links, we recommend a podcast that provides crucial insights about Chinese banks.
Simple on the surface, the California billionaire tax has a slew of unintended consequences that affect more than its targets.
Although movie theater popcorn is insanely expensive, for a slew of reasons, we happily munch on huge tubs during each visit.
Looking at S&P 500 history, we can identify the top 10 companies from different decades to see the fabric of the U.S. economy.
Since 2014, Olympic figure skating music has been much more costly because of a rules change that permitted lyrics.
Whether looking at the U.S. Supreme Court or the NY Fed, we can see the disproportionate impact of Trump tariffs on small U.S. businesses.
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.