Weekly economic news roundup and job discrimination against women
What's Trending
The Jobs That Women Don’t Do

One of the original Rosie the Riveters was just in the news. Now 98 years old, Elinor Otto visited the San Diego aircraft plant where she first picked up her riveting gun during World War II. At the Douglas Aircraft…

The econlife.com Weekly Roundup
Weekly Roundup
Weekly Roundup: From Smart Cars to Dumb Laws

This week’s economic news summary includes work week tradeoffs in France, new labor laws for the gig economy, and why price tags are disappearing.

Business
The Problem With the 35-Hour Week

No longer just a local issue, extending the 35-hour workweek in France relates to worldwide competitiveness for the Daimler Smart care factory.

econlife®

Connecting economics with everyday life.

Located at the intersection of current events, history, and economics, econlife® slices away all of the layers that make economics boring and complex. We like economics and we would like for you to like it too.

Translate
Most ViewedWEEKMONTHALL
No Stats to show
Elaine’s New Book
Econlife-101-1-2-The-Foundation

Connecting
economics with
everyday life.

Sign­up for your daily slice of
econlife®.

Thank you for subscribing.

Something went wrong.