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Connecting economics, current events and history, our Weekly Economic News Roundup includes disaster economics, Hamilton tickets, and parental leave.
Questions about how much paid parental leave new dads should receive is the reason Estée Lauder is being sued by the EEOC.
Concerned about the "X" date, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has written a letter to House Speaker Ryan about the debt ceiling.
While minimum wage momentum appears to have accelerated during November when voters approved new hikes, some recent surprises could indicate a reversal.
When Greek deficit totals were revised by the head of their statistical office, the Greek government said a crime had been committed.
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.