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Ascending to stratospheric levels, car spending takes us to new and used vehicles, and to what their repairs cost us.
When we hear that Venice will get an economic boost from Bezos wedding spending, we can compare it to the Super Bowl.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from bananas to stolen eggs to supply chains.
Continuing our June e-links, this week I recommend the articles that describe the mind boggling ways one woman tried to run a 4-minute mile.
Targeting cheaper housing, the rent policies of Austin, Texas and New York, New York have had different results.
From individuals, to households, to the entire country, Japan's aging population already has had an immense impact.
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.