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Pepsi Light Has a Whole New Meaning
April 17, 2015
Why More Movies Are Boring
April 19, 2015
Our Posts Roundup
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Sunday 4.12.15
Why restaurants sell tickets…more |
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Monday 4.13.15
The diseases that really are bad…more |
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Tuesday 4.14.15
How reusable bags and chips go together…more |
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Wednesday 4.15.15
Why people smuggle cigarettes…more |
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Thursday 4.16.15
The reason for “.gov”…more
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Friday 4.17.15
A new kind of Pepsi light…more |
Ideas Roundup
- developing nations
- human capital
- environment
- fiscal policy
- federal budget
- inelastic demand
- sin taxes
- unintended consequences
- tax incentives,complementary goods
- temptation bundling
- moral license
- behavioral economics
- consumer spending
- DALYs
- healthcare spending
- tradeoffs
- incentives
I am Elaine Schwartz, an economics writer, teacher, and the founder of econlife®. In so many places and ways, I have tried to make economics interesting and accessible so we could be personally, professionally, and politically knowledgeable.
