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A close look at health inequality reveals that money and the life expectancy gap might not be as closely related as we might assume.
If you skipped breakfast this morning, then you might be contributing to Florida's worries about orange juice consumption.
Typically involving a fine that could even relate to your affluence, a speeding ticket is usually about money but not necessarily in Estonia.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from India's air pollution to New Mexico's chile peppers
Whether looking at the marathon runners that wear Nike's Vaporfly sneakers or U.S. labor productivity, we can see the importance of capital innovation.
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.