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The Cost of Hosting the Olympics
May 29, 2015
How McDonald’s Creates Choice Fatigue
May 31, 2015
Our Posts Roundup
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Sunday 5.24.15
Why egg prices are scrambled… more |
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Monday 5.25.15
When money awards backfire… more |
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Tuesday 5.26.15
Finding the real peanut butter… more |
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Wednesday 5.27.15
Cartoons that say more than a joke… more |
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Thursday 5.28.15
The importance of a chime… more
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Friday 5.29.15
What Boston needs to know about the Olympics… more |
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- economic humor
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Elaine Schwartz
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.
