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Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from high sugary drink taxes to low baseball salaries.
Friday's e-links: Today we recommend this week's Econtalk, an interview with Daniel Hamermesh that focuses on how much our time costs us.
Looking at the Philadelphia sugary drinks tax, we would find it did not accomplish many of its goals in three major categories.
After closing all of their Panera Cares Cafes where customers were supposed "pay what you want," Panera might have a problem with the IRS.
While Kenji Lopez-Alt perceived his new restaurant through a food writer's lens, an economist would see it somewhat differently.
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.