An Econlife roundup for the week
This week same-sex marriage and human capital, natural gas and opportunity cost were some of the ways we connected everyday life with economics.
06.30.14 The battle against Prop 8 was about more than validating same-sex marriage…more
07.01.14 Looking at programs targeting extreme African poverty, we asked how to give people the boost they need to reach the first step of development…more
07.02.14 The fracking debate takes us to opportunity cost and the environment, the economy, and home-rule…more
07.03.14 Not just sauce, juice, or sugary and dried, cranberries are a supply and demand story…more
7.04.14 Let’s celebrate economic independence and say thanks to Alexander Hamilton on Independence Day…more
Our bottom line: Slicing away all of the complexities of economics, we wind up with ideas about production, distribution and tradeoffs that help us better understand our everyday lives.
Our Weekly Roundup: From Prop 8 to Alexander Hamilton
Elaine Schwartz
Elaine Schwartz has spent her career sharing the interesting side of economics. At the Kent Place School in Summit, NJ, she has been honored through an Endowed Chair in Economics and the History Department chairmanship. At the same time, she developed curricula and wrote several books including Understanding Our Economy (originally published by Addison Wesley as Economics Our American Economy) and Econ 101 ½ (Avon Books/Harper Collins). Elaine has also written in the Encyclopedia of New Jersey (Rutgers University Press) and was a featured teacher in the Annenberg/CPB video project “The Economics Classroom.” Beyond the classroom, she has presented Econ 101 ½ talks and led workshops for the Foundation for Teaching Economics, the National Council on Economic Education and for the Concord Coalition.
