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Through six banana facts, we can learn all we might want to know about the most popular fresh fruit in the U.S.
While a slew of data sources tell us our annual working hours, the numbers can be misleading when we look at our homework.
With tariffs changing global trade, firms can respond by considering the sourcing risks from new supply chains.
TTypical of food cargo theft, a recent massive egg heist followed a rise in egg prices and the availability of a perishable shipment.
Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from entitlement finance to Nintendo competition.
Continuing with our June e-links, we move far from our economics classroom to the kind of respite we all need from a good book.
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.