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Although some find it tough to find a constantly shifting political center and others say there might not be one, we all care about the same issues.
Easy to ignore, the quantity of cardboard boxes that we demand has soared because of the incentives created by Amazon Prime.
Whether looking at Mike Trout's $430 million or a newly drafted player, we see athletes whose baseball salaries are called underpaid.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from pregnancy discrimination to counting construction cranes.
Friday's e-links: Today we recommend the Randall Munroe webcomic, xkcd, for some clever fun, quirky insight, a bit of sarcasm, and mathematics.
While awards are all about recognition, inspiration, and appreciation, sometimes they are not exactly what we expect them to be.
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.