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Connecting economics, current events, and history, our weekly economic news roundup ranges from triage tradeoffs and dollar design to price gouging.
When parents choose a baby name, they could be conveying a message to the world that signals their politics and the child's future profession.
Since trade with Canada tops everyone but China, we should take a look at what they send to us, what we receive, and why we have a trade surplus with them.
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.