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Econlife

06.05.2024

How Europe's Aging Population Is About 85 Year-Olds

By looking at Europe's aging population, we see only a part of the reason that we will have a population bomb.

Econlife

05.05.2024

Economic News Roundup: From Happy Chickens to Water Stress

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from hyperinflation to women's venture capital.

Econlife

04.05.2024

Where Water Stress Is a Worry

A malady that billions of people experience, water stress is spreading around the globe as climate changes.

Econlife

04.05.2024

Memorable Articles, Podcasts, and Films Elaine's e-links May 2024

Starting our May e-links, I've returned to one of this week's posts on smart farms because the chicken information was so interesting.

Econlife

03.05.2024

How AI Helps Chickens' Welfare

Trying to decipher chickens' welfare, we can look to AI for harnessing massive amounts of cluck and squawk data.

Econlife

02.05.2024

Zimbabwe's Inflation Battle

The latest battle in Zimbabwe's inflation war is being fought with another new currency that is called the ZiG.

Econlife

01.05.2024

California's Minimum Wage Update

While California's minimum wage update takes us to new data, it does not end the debate on the impact of increasing the minimum wage.

Econlife

30.04.2024

Measuring Well-Being

Because the GDP, the Dow, and even the employment numbers are insufficiently personal, they do a poor job of measuring well-being.

Econlife

29.04.2024

Women's Venture Capital Funding in the U.S. and Europe

Looking at women's venture capital funding in the United States and Europe, we would see a vast chasm between the women and the men.

Econlife

28.04.2024

Weekly Economic New Roundup: From Alaska Oil to Space Debris

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from Captchas to coffee beans.

Econlife

27.04.2024

Memorable Articles, Podcasts, & Films Elaine's e-links April 2024

Continuing with our April e-links, this week I recommend the fifth book in the Hawthorne and Horowitz murder mystery series.

Econlife

27.04.2024

How Captcha Costs Are Rising

Having begun as a relatively simple way to prove who is human, now escalating Captcha costs might be too high.

Econlife

26.04.2024

When the Coffee Supply Chain Loses a Link

Participating in a coffee supply chain, the Port of Baltimore upset more than a single link when it closed.

Econlife

25.04.2024

How Stock Market Trading Hours Might Change

Perhaps soon to change again, stock market trading hours have varied since 1792 when the weather helped to make the decision.

Econlife

24.04.2024

The Cruise Ship Economics That Benefit From Scale

Seemingly prolifigate, cruise ship economics actually create efficiencies on huge vessels that accommodate thousands of passengers.

Econlife

23.04.2024

Why Space Debris Is a Worry

On Earth Day, we should not only be thinking about our planet's sustainability but also about the increasing amount of space debris.

Econlife

22.04.2024

Choosing Between Development or Conservation

Sometimes a new road proposal can make us choose between development or conservation when it would cross an Alaskan national park.

Econlife

21.04.2024

Economic News Roundup: From Free Football to Smelly Marijuana

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from a sports gender pay gap to grade inflation.

Econlife

20.04.2024

Eliminating the Penny

Considering the upside and downside of eliminating the penny takes us to bigger questions about the composition of our money supply.

Econlife

20.04.2024

Memorable Articles, Podcasts, and Films Elaine's e-links April 2024

Continuing with Friday's e-links, this week, I recommend an article, a book, and a video about octopi (octopuses?).

Econlife

19.04.2024

Where the Sports Gender Pay Gap is Biggest

Although the US Congress increased male female equality approximately 50 years ago, still the sports gender pay gap remains massive.

Econlife

18.04.2024

Why Japanese Cash Is Not Disappearing

Made from a Himalayan shrub, Japanese cash remains popular, even when other countries are becoming increasingly cashless.

Econlife

17.04.2024

Why Grade Inflation Is Similar to Price Inflation

Similar phenomena, grade inflation and price inflation are controversial problems that are tough to eliminate.

Econlife

16.04.2024

Where Marijuana Smell Tests Are Multiplying

With recreational marijuana legal in more than half of the U.S., one unexpected complaint has begun to multiply.

Econlife

15.04.2024

When Free Football Has a Cost

Experimenting with free football by not charging for tickets, a French and a German team changed the cost of the game.

Econlife

14.04.2024

Economic News Roundup From Mickey Mouse to March Madness

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from human rights and solar panels to rum taxes.

Econlife

13.04.2024

Memorable Articles, Podcasts, & Films Elaine's e-links April 2024

Continuing with our April e-links, we took a closer look at the public domain and learned more about what we all "own."

Econlife

13.04.2024

When Public Domain Art Has Limits

Having become public domain art because of their age, Leonardo da Vinci's "Vetruvian Man" and Walt Disney's first Mickey Mouse are similar.

Econlife

12.04.2024

How Sheep Help Solar Power

Looking closely at the sources of electricity production, we would see that solar power has some (sheepish) surprises.

Econlife

11.04.2024

How Environmental Rights Are Human Rights

Because of a court decision for more than 2,000 female litigants over the age of 64, environmental rights became human rights in Switzerland.

Econlife

10.04.2024

The March Madness College Applications Bump

Citing a correlation, researchers suggest that there is a March Madness applications bump at schools that fare well in the tournament.

Econlife

09.04.2024

A Surprising Rum Tax - Econlife When Alcohl Taxes Have Perverse Incentives

When the U.S. Congress decided to give Puerto Rico some alcohol taxes from its rum exports, the results were unexpected.

Econlife

08.04.2024

How Restaurant Psychology Affects Our Behavior

More than we recognize, restaurant psychology creates incentives that determine our spending, our timing, and what we eat.

Econlife

07.04.2024

Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Moon Time to Razor Theft

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from lunar time to Daniel Kahneman.

Econlife

06.04.2024

Memorable Articles, Podcasts, & Films Elaine's e-links April 2024

As our April e-links begin, I wanted to share some of my pleasure with discovering a detective series that has been around for awhile.

Econlife

06.04.2024

How Economic Misinformation Affects us

By detailing our response to inflation, a new paper tells us why economic misinformation skews our opinion of the entire economy.

Econlife

05.04.2024

Why Lunar Time Needs To Be Standardized

Having standardized time on earth with Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), now we need the equivalent for lunar time.

Econlife

04.04.2024

JetBlue's Dynamic Baggage Fees

Expanding the reach of its variable prices, JetBlue recently added dynamic baggage fees to its airline fares.

Econlife

03.04.2024

How California's Minimum Wage Hike Affects Employment

With California's minimum wage hike to $20 for selected workers, economists continue to debate if the increase boosts unemployment.

Econlife

02.04.2024

Daniel Kahneman's Investing Insight

Understanding our decision-making, psychologist Daniel Kahneman's investing insights could prevent some expensive mistakes.

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Econlife - Economy

How Europe's Aging Population Is About 85 Year-Olds

Economic News Roundup: From Happy Chickens to Water Stress

Where Water Stress Is a Worry

Memorable Articles, Podcasts, and Films Elaine's e-links May 2024

How AI Helps Chickens' Welfare

Zimbabwe's Inflation Battle

California's Minimum Wage Update

Measuring Well-Being

Women's Venture Capital Funding in the U.S. and Europe

Weekly Economic New Roundup: From Alaska Oil to Space Debris

Memorable Articles, Podcasts, & Films Elaine's e-links April 2024

How Captcha Costs Are Rising

When the Coffee Supply Chain Loses a Link

How Stock Market Trading Hours Might Change

The Cruise Ship Economics That Benefit From Scale

Why Space Debris Is a Worry

Choosing Between Development or Conservation

Economic News Roundup: From Free Football to Smelly Marijuana

Eliminating the Penny

Memorable Articles, Podcasts, and Films Elaine's e-links April 2024

Where the Sports Gender Pay Gap is Biggest

Why Japanese Cash Is Not Disappearing

Why Grade Inflation Is Similar to Price Inflation

Where Marijuana Smell Tests Are Multiplying

When Free Football Has a Cost

Economic News Roundup From Mickey Mouse to March Madness

Memorable Articles, Podcasts, & Films Elaine's e-links April 2024

When Public Domain Art Has Limits

How Sheep Help Solar Power

How Environmental Rights Are Human Rights

The March Madness College Applications Bump

A Surprising Rum Tax - Econlife When Alcohl Taxes Have Perverse Incentives

How Restaurant Psychology Affects Our Behavior

Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Moon Time to Razor Theft

Memorable Articles, Podcasts, & Films Elaine's e-links April 2024

How Economic Misinformation Affects us

Why Lunar Time Needs To Be Standardized

JetBlue's Dynamic Baggage Fees

How California's Minimum Wage Hike Affects Employment

Daniel Kahneman's Investing Insight

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