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New Mexico has a problem with picking green chile peppers because of fewer agricultural workers and some difficulties with mechanization.
Called a prescription escalator, our prescription drug spending is more about efficacy and age than the rising prices that we say we see.
Inside and outside, India's air pollution is a story of the tragedy of the commons that so far has not had a happy ending.
Protecting honey through a trademark or an EU PDO are the goals of the makers of New Zealand's manuka honey because others are producing similar products.
Because of the benefits of perpetuating DST, we can eliminate the Standard Time switch and even leap to one universal time for everyone.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from breakthrough inventions to World Series ticket prices.
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.