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Just Ask Jenna, What's Trending
January 15, 2026
Making economics more interesting and enjoyable, "Just Ask Jenna" takes everyday questions and turns them into simple, engaging explanations.
The Real Tariff Story
What's Trending
January 14, 2026
The Impact of a Credit Card Interest Rate Cap
What's Trending
January 13, 2026
How to Find a Bubble
What's Trending
January 12, 2026
Econlife: 2025 Holiday Quiz
Quizzes
January 11, 2026
Elaine Schwartz - January 13, 2026
Not entirely beneficial, credit card interest rate caps create the tradeoffs that we always associate with price ceilings.
An Economist’s Top Ten List For the Holidays
Elaine Schwartz - December 26, 2025
What We Should Know About Holiday Gift Giving
Elaine Schwartz - December 24, 2025
When Do We Spend Less?
Elaine Schwartz - December 23, 2025
Where Grid Stress Creates Corporate Stress
Elaine Schwartz - December 16, 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 - January 12, 2026
Because trees cannot grow to the sky, financial bubbles display irrational enthusiasm and then prices that crash.
How Highway Funding Is a Problem
Elaine Schwartz - December 19, 2025
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
Elaine Schwartz - January 16, 2026
More than a nuisance, the cost of the noise pollution near airports and highways can affect the value of our homes.
Just Ask Jenna Looks At Our Herd Mentality
Elaine Schwartz - January 15, 2026
The Real Tariff Story
Elaine Schwartz - January 14, 2026
The Impact of a Credit Card Interest Rate Cap
Elaine Schwartz - January 13, 2026
How to Find a Bubble
Elaine Schwartz - January 12, 2026
econguest - January 11, 2026
Whether looking at toys or travel and a slew of other topics, our econlife 2025 Holiday Quiz has some surprises.
Econlife Quiz: Halloween
econguest - November 2, 2025
Econlife Quiz: Holidays
econguest - July 2, 2025
Elaine Schwartz - January 9, 2026
With Venezuela dominating the headlines, we looked again at the "Caracas Chronicles" to see what they've said in the past and more recently.
January 2026 Friday’s e-links: Meat Economics
Elaine Schwartz - January 2, 2026
December 2025 Friday’s e-links: 1929 and Today
Elaine Schwartz - December 26, 2025
