Whether it's chocolate or hot dogs, Americans celebrate their holidays with food. Through our econlife holiday quiz, you can see what we eat...and much more.

Econlife

02.07.2025

Why Sandwich Taxes Are Unpredictable

Whether looking at the UK or the U.S., we find that sandwich taxes, depending on the definition of a sandwich, are unpredictable.

Econlife

01.07.2025

What Car Spending Includes

Ascending to stratospheric levels, car spending takes us to new and used vehicles, and to what their repairs cost us.

Econlife

30.06.2025

Why Bezos Wedding Spending is Like the Super Bpowl

When we hear that Venice will get an economic boost from Bezos wedding spending, we can compare it to the Super Bowl.

Econlife

29.06.2025

Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Less Rent to More Work

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from bananas to stolen eggs to supply chains.

Econlife

28.06.2025

Memorable Articles, Podcasts, and Films Elaine's e-links June 2025

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.

Econlife

28.06.2025

How Cheaper Housing Depends On Demand or Supply

Targeting cheaper housing, the rent policies of Austin, Texas and New York, New York have had different results.

Econlife

27.06.2025

How Japan's Aging Population Impacts the Country

From individuals, to households, to the entire country, Japan's aging population already has had an immense impact.

Econlife

26.06.2025

The Banana Facts We Need To Know

Through six banana facts, we can learn all we might want to know about the most popular fresh fruit in the U.S.

Econlife

25.06.2025

Why Annual Working Hours Can Be a Misleading Statistic

While a slew of data sources tell us our annual working hours, the numbers can be misleading when we look at our homework.

Econlife

24.06.2025

How Sourcing Risks Determine Supply Chains

With tariffs changing global trade, firms can respond by considering the sourcing risks from new supply chains.

Econlife

23.06.2025

Egg Heist Economics

Typical of food cargo theft, a recent massive egg heist followed a rise in egg prices and the availability of a perishable shipment.

Econlife

22.06.2025

Economic News Roundup: Fighting Wars to Pricing Congestion

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from entitlement finance to Nintendo competition.

Econlife

21.06.2025

Why Medicare Worries Should Accelerate

The 2025 Trustees Report on Social Security and Medicare shows us why our Medicare worries should be elevated.

Econlife

21.06.2025

Memorable Articles, Podcasts, and Films Elaine's e-links June 2025

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.

Econlife

20.06.2025

Why Social Security Worries Are Escalating

The newly released 2025 Trustees Report tells us that our Social Security worries have many reasons to be increasing.

Econlife

19.06.2025

Nintendo Economics

Nintendo economics can explain why fans lined up for hours to be the first buyers of the newly released Switch 2.

Econlife

18.06.2025

Energy Production and Consumption Trends

Comparing U.S. energy production and consumption to the rest of the world, we discover one major difference.

Econlife

17.06.2025

How Congestion Pricing Improved NYC Traffic

To assess the short term impact of New York City's congestion pricing, we can look at predictable metrics and also horn honking.

Econlife

16.06.2025

How Wartime Economics Helps Us Win Wars

Hiding in plain sight, wartime economics make it possible for us to commemorate the military successes of the past 250 years.

Econlife

15.06.2025

Economic News Roundup: Designing Money to Funding Roads

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from can tariffs to egg prices.

Econlife

14.06.2025

Why Aluminum Beer Cans Are More Expensive

With climbing aluminum tariffs, brewers have to figure out a response to more expensive beer cans that cannot be entirely made in the USA.

Econlife

14.06.2025

Memorable Articles, Podcasts, & Films Elaine's e-links June 2025

Continuing with our June e-links, I recommend a podcast, that, by looking at the past, provides insight about the U.S. China conflict.

Econlife

13.06.2025

Our Underpaid and Underrepresented Women Athletes and CEOs

Comparing the W.N.B.A. to the N.B.A. and Fortune 500 female CEOs to male CEOs, we see that women are underpaid and underrepresented.

Econlife

12.06.2025

Will Egg Prices Remain Relatively Low?

Seeing the sharp rise in egg prices and now their fall, we can ask about the impact of the new bid flu flare-up.

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How Alexander Hamilton Gave Us Economic Independence

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How False Correlation Is About More Than Pizza

Econlife Quiz: Holidays

Why Sandwich Taxes Are Unpredictable

What Car Spending Includes

Why Bezos Wedding Spending is Like the Super Bpowl

Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Less Rent to More Work

Memorable Articles, Podcasts, and Films Elaine's e-links June 2025

How Cheaper Housing Depends On Demand or Supply

How Japan's Aging Population Impacts the Country

The Banana Facts We Need To Know

Why Annual Working Hours Can Be a Misleading Statistic

How Sourcing Risks Determine Supply Chains

Egg Heist Economics

Economic News Roundup: Fighting Wars to Pricing Congestion

Why Medicare Worries Should Accelerate

Memorable Articles, Podcasts, and Films Elaine's e-links June 2025

Why Social Security Worries Are Escalating

Nintendo Economics

Energy Production and Consumption Trends

How Congestion Pricing Improved NYC Traffic

How Wartime Economics Helps Us Win Wars

Economic News Roundup: Designing Money to Funding Roads

Why Aluminum Beer Cans Are More Expensive

Memorable Articles, Podcasts, & Films Elaine's e-links June 2025

Our Underpaid and Underrepresented Women Athletes and CEOs

Will Egg Prices Remain Relatively Low?

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