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The 2025 Trustees Report on Social Security and Medicare shows us why our Medicare worries should be elevated.
The newly released 2025 Trustees Report tells us that our Social Security worries have many reasons to be increasing.
Nintendo economics can explain why fans lined up for hours to be the first buyers of the newly released Switch 2.
Comparing U.S. energy production and consumption to the rest of the world, we discover one major difference.
To assess the short term impact of New York City's congestion pricing, we can look at predictable metrics and also horn honking.
Hiding in plain sight, wartime economics make it possible for us to commemorate the military successes of the past 250 years.
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.