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Varying from state to state, the expiration dates on our food create the incentive to waste massive amounts of what we buy.
Not necessarily giving us more vacation, instead, longer summers at the beginning and end, just have extra costly days that are hot.
Reflecting Federal Reserve Policy challenges, Chairman Powell and "The Economist" see the U.S. inflation threat differently.
Demonstrated by the elimination of the de minimis exemption, new tariff incentives include a global ripple of delivery cancellations.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from child care costs to coffee tariffs.
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.