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Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economc news roundup ranges from female film stars and male CEOs to pasta passes.
When the economy is starting to contract, we can take a look at a recession indicator in Elkhart, Indiana to forecast the future.
About much more than sauces and salads, tomato tradeoffs take us to science and supermarkets, history and trade agreements.
While states find it's tough to predict marijuana tax revenue, they can assume that higher rates will nudge consumers toward black markets.
Firstborn children are more likely to become CEOs, politicians, and top managers because of the way their parents treated them.
Looking at women in movies, we form behavioral expectations about gender roles that relate to leadership, to speech, and to age.
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.