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The Cost of Hosting the Olympics
May 29, 2015
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Sunday 5.24.15
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Finding the real peanut butter… more |
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Cartoons that say more than a joke… more |
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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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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.
