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August 18, 2019
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August 16, 2019
An economist can explain the surprising reason that we eagerly anticipate the yearly launch of Pumpkin Spice Latte from Dunkin' and Starbucks.
August 15, 2019
Starting with Madonna's unclaimed money and forgotten savings bonds, we wind up with a map that ranks state fiscal health.
August 14, 2019
Looking at the retail tilt of the newest round of Trump administration tariffs, we would see that woman will be hit harder than men.
August 13, 2019
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.