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The crisis farmers are facing with plunging tart cherry prices takes us to big questions about tariffs and federal marketing agreements.
Fifty years ago, when Sesame Street was a new educational idea, it proved that watching TV could make our kids smarter academically and emotionally.
When economists focus on measuring happiness, they look at money and time and health and GDP for conclusions that might not be quantifiable.
While the average life in the United States has 42 million minutes, the cost of spending time can depend on our wealth, where we live, and our age.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from the economic side of moonwalks and weather to avocados.
July 2019 Friday’s e-links: From How We Spend Our Time to the American Dream and Designated Survivor
Friday's e-links: This week i recommend a book that focuses on the many sides of time at work, at home, in different countries, and through the life cycle.
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.