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Frequently more accurate than individuals, markets can determine prices and even tell us what will happen at a royal wedding.
Through her new concert tour, "Reputation," Taylor Swift may have figured out how to prevent scalpers from reducing ticket availability and getting too much of her revenue.
Since billions have been proposed for infrastructure spending, we should consider some surprising suggestions from researchers on traffic congestion.
Creating a long list of ethical dilemmas, Google's Duplex is a digital assistant that sounds just like a human when scheduling appointments.
Because of the NY Times Overlooked project, Emily Roebling's long delayed obituary displays how she helped to build the Brooklyn Bridge.
Recent research explains why and when we experience choice fatigue after seeing the alternatives at a salad bar or options at an auto dealer.
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.