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What's Trending
December 22, 2025
When we compare a hypothgetical estimate of Santa's wages to BLS data for U.S. workers, we find the 2025 increase is similar.
How Santa Can Be Most Productive
What's Trending
December 21, 2025
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From AI Stress to Food Spending
Weekly Roundup
December 20, 2025
December 2025 Friday’s e-links: Adjusting to Aging
e-links
December 19, 2025
How Highway Funding Is a Problem
Transportation
December 19, 2025
Elaine Schwartz - December 23, 2025
Looking at the psychology of spending, we can compare the difference between using cash and a tap or swipe.
Where Grid Stress Creates Corporate Stress
Elaine Schwartz - December 16, 2025
When and Where Do We Tip the Most?
Elaine Schwartz - December 14, 2025
What We Need To Know About Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBCDs)
Elaine Schwartz - December 9, 2025
A Pheasant’s Tradeoffs
Elaine Schwartz - December 5, 2025
Elaine Schwartz - November 30, 2025
Hoping to figure out where to find AI in our everyday lives, we would be surprised by the length of our locations list.
The Real Tariff Story
Elaine Schwartz - August 28, 2025
The Island With No Traffic Lights
Elaine Schwartz - July 18, 2025
The Story of a $10 Million Handbag
Elaine Schwartz - July 15, 2025
Where to Find Chinese Goods in Our Home
Elaine Schwartz - May 5, 2025
Elaine Schwartz - December 19, 2025
With insufficient highway funding revenue, the federal government has decided to allow new ways for us to pay for our roads.
Why There’s No Such Thing as a Free Bus
Elaine Schwartz - December 8, 2025
Why Our Roads Could Be Better
Elaine Schwartz - August 31, 2025
When Is a Dork Like a Fang?
Elaine Schwartz - July 27, 2025
Why the Dow Jones Industrial Average Is More Than a Number
Elaine Schwartz - July 7, 2025
Elaine Schwartz - December 22, 2025
When we compare a hypothgetical estimate of Santa's wages to BLS data for U.S. workers, we find the 2025 increase is similar.
How Santa Can Be Most Productive
Elaine Schwartz - December 21, 2025
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From AI Stress to Food Spending
Elaine Schwartz - December 20, 2025
Just Ask Jenna Looks At Dining Out
Elaine Schwartz - December 18, 2025
What Do We Spend On Food?
Elaine Schwartz - December 15, 2025
econguest - November 2, 2025
To see if you know your scary facts, what we eat, and what we wear, we suggest our econlife Halloween Quiz.
Econlife Quiz: Holidays
econguest - July 2, 2025
Econlife Quiz: Paris 2024 Olympics
econguest - September 25, 2024
Elaine Schwartz - December 19, 2025
Continuing with our December e-links, and starting with the Restaurant of Mistaken Orders, we return to the topic of aging in Japan.
December 2025 Friday’s e-links: A Media Takeover Primer
Elaine Schwartz - December 12, 2025
December 2025 Friday’s e-links: An Interesting Journalist
Elaine Schwartz - December 5, 2025
