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Similar to the World Cup and other major sports events, next day Super Bowl absentees from work represent a hefty percent of the labor force.
During the 2026 Winter Olympics, we should look for silver medal sadness and bronze joy as medal winners have different counterfactuals.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from China's GDP to snowstorm parking spaces.
Continuing with our February e-links, this week we recommend a podcast that returns us to the 19th century invention that liberated women.
Heavy snow always brings with it the debate over Winter Dibs and our right to use parking chairs to preserve shoveled parking spaces.
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.