Economic Ideas
Economic Thinkers
Economic History
What's Trending
Latest Posts
Friday's e-Links
Quizzes
Making economics more interesting and enjoyable, "Just Ask Jenna" takes everyday questions and turns them into simple, engaging explanations.
The most recent data on global working hours display the gender and age differences among workers in high, middle and low income nations.
The "grueling" rules for the Taco Bell ultramarathan race remind us of all of how goals create our cost benefit tradeoffs.
When we try to understand the consumer's affordability concerns, a snapshot of the economy can be misleading.
Hoping to figure out where to find AI in our everyday lives, we would be surprised by the length of our locations list.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from french fry research to turkey pardons.
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.