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Starting with our September e-links, we recommend a good book that wonderfully diverts us from a turbulent world.
Seemingly practical, the Coast Guard's East Coast buoy removal plan generated considerable opposition from fishermen and boaters.
Through the numbers that quantify miles per gallon or omit household production, we create perverse incentives.
To see the potential impact of electrification and its complexities, we can look at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
Reflecting the benefits of standardization, the random assignment of a domain for the URL of a small island became a massive moneymaker.
A close look at air travel delays reveals a massive cost that varies among all of the travelers and for the airlines.
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.