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With the Congress having received President Trump's 2020 federal budget proposal, a process with a rarely met October 1 deadline has begun.
Just 7 to 22 years old, Generation Z has begun to exhibit characteristics that differentiate them from previous generations.
Whether we are buying Heinz ketchup from a supermarket or a coupon from a Manhattan parking garage, money and time will shape our shopping behavior.
From the very beginning in 1922, Venezuela's oil industry fueled governmental decisions that created an incurable case of Dutch disease.
Avoided by Norway, Dutch disease is contracted by nations that let a commodity windfall dominate what they produce and spend.
Deciding whether to spring forward to DST and fall back relates to a bigger debate about coordinating time throughout the United States.
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.