Economic Ideas
Economic Thinkers
Economic History
What's Trending
Latest Posts
Friday's e-Links
Quizzes
In addition to teens' mental health, we can support later school start times with cost benefit analysis that focuses on the economy.
Using color, size and content, better banknote currency design would make our dollar bills more functional and meaningful.
Remembering Hurricane Katrina and the decisions one isolated medical staff had to make for patients, a group in Maryland has recommended triage tradeoffs.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, our weekly economic news roundup ranges from hyperinflation and royalties to new animals crackers boxes.
When Nabisco realized that it was time to change their Animals Crackers box, they had to recognize new sentiment while retaining an old brand.
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.