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A paradox explains why our concern for wildlife conservation might not extend to the charismatic animals we most care about.
The internet taxes that none of us pay may soon be required by the Supreme Court if South Dakota wins a decision against Wayfair.
Deciding which groups should give which should receive, government redistribution policies could be based on a generational lens.
Whether looking at chicken paws or hog hooves, U.S. and China food tastes have worked well together until U.S. and Chinese tariffs have upset the benefits of the relationships.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, our weekly economic news roundup ranges from inflationary ratings and misery indexes to new budget worries.
The economic way to demonstrate sadness is to look at misery indexes that use macro data to measure changes in our emotions.
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.