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Because the ranking depends on our variables and their definitions, measuring the global gender gap can have surprising results.
Whether looking at the iPhone or at Washington state's farmers, producers care about apple patents that protect new products.
Economists can use nighttime lights from NASA's satellite images of the earth to decide if China's economic growth statistics are accurate.
Requiring shorter refrigerators and adult diapers, Japan's aging population is creating demographic stress as their numbers grow.
Although U.S. migration patterns show that the popularity of different states vary from year to year, the one consistent trend has been less moving.
The Saudi king's golden escalators are examples of their affluence from oil and the need for Saudi diversification from oil.
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.