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Determined genetically, our sleep preferences as night owls, morning larks or neither could affect our productivity at work.
More than governments negotiating agreements, free trade is about the variety of strawberries, chickens, pickup trucks and pencils that we can buy.
Craft brewery competition got tougher as the number of craft breweries went up and the number of available beer names went down.
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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.