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Having narrowed for decades, the gender pay gap recently began to expand because of a slew of traditional reasons.
Contrary to the conventional wisdom, the Universal Basic Income inspires recipients more than targeted giving.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from carbon hoofprints to umbrella entrepreneurs.
Continuing with our October e-links, we recommend a Substack that reminds us of Seinfeld-about nothing and everything at the same time.
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.