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    law history
    What Lawn History Says About Status
    Elaine Schwartz
    11 hours ago
    0
    economic news roundup and animal rights Happy elephant
    When An Elephant Was Almost a Person
    Elaine Schwartz
    2 weeks ago
    0
    Tesla AV ethical dilemmas
    Why AV Programmers Have Life and Death Dilemmas
    Elaine Schwartz
    2 weeks ago
    0
    economic news roundup andthe life of a Christmas tree
    The Life of a Christmas Tree: From Seedling to Six-Footer
    Elaine Schwartz
    December 8, 2021
    0
    Amazon web services
    What We Might Not Know About Big Tech
    Elaine Schwartz
    May 4, 2021
    0
    standardizing color
    The Colors That We Care About
    Elaine Schwartz
    February 28, 2021
    0
    economic news roundup and gasoline prices
    What We Pay For Gas
    Elaine Schwartz
    1 week ago
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and Sriracha shortages
    Chili Pepper Problems
    Elaine Schwartz
    3 weeks ago
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and movie theater popcorn problem
    Why Theaters Could Have Popcorn Problems
    Elaine Schwartz
    4 weeks ago
    0
    mini-posts
    Everyday Economics and a Tablet, a Commencement, and a Stadium
    Elaine Schwartz
    May 1, 2022
    0
    cream cheese shortage
    How Covid Caused a Bagels and Cream Cheese Crisis
    Elaine Schwartz
    December 5, 2021
    2
    American Time Use Survey
    What Your Time is Really Worth
    Elaine Schwartz
    December 18, 2020
    0
    owning the moon
    How to Own the Moon
    Elaine Schwartz
    August 22, 2021
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and Disney intellectual property Stan Lee
    The Thousands of Marvel Superheroes We Will Meet
    Elaine Schwartz
    February 18, 2021
    0
    Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and lost luggage
    Where Lost Luggage Finds a Home
    Elaine Schwartz
    July 15, 2020
    0
    spending and taxes
    A Global Look at Spending and Taxes
    Elaine Schwartz
    April 11, 2022
    0
    Weekly News Roundup and presidential jets Air Force One
    Why Presidential Jets Have Sky High Costs
    Elaine Schwartz
    April 7, 2022
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and sin tax Whiskey Rebellion
    6 Facts: Are Sin Taxes a Blessing?
    Elaine Schwartz
    January 21, 2022
    0
    economic news roundup and changing job markets
    How SWIFT Makes Money Move
    Elaine Schwartz
    March 2, 2022
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and dogecoin
    The Dog(e) That Needs An Owner
    Elaine Schwartz
    September 16, 2021
    0
    Economic News Roundup and ATM's impact
    How the ATM’s Twenty Dollar Bills Affect Us
    Elaine Schwartz
    September 8, 2021
    0
    globalization
    Looking at Past, Present, and Future Globalization
    Elaine Schwartz
    1 month ago
    0
    globalization
    The Future of Globalization
    Elaine Schwartz
    March 27, 2022
    0
    banana supply
    An Alarming Banana Story
    Elaine Schwartz
    April 25, 2021
    0
  • Economic Thinkers
    • Gary Becker
    • Milton Friedman
    • Friedrich Hayek
    • Daniel Kahneman
    • John Maynard Keynes
    • Thomas Malthus
    • Alfred Marshall
    • Karl Marx
    • John Stuart Mill
    • David Ricardo
    • Joseph Schumpeter
    • Adam Smith
    • Thorstein Veblen
    chores gap
    Why We Have a Chores Gap
    Elaine Schwartz
    May 23, 2021
    0
    keeping a maiden name
    COVID’s Divorce Rate Surprises
    Elaine Schwartz
    February 5, 2021
    1
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and dating markets
    How Dating Markets Have Changed
    Elaine Schwartz
    November 6, 2020
    0
    Post-it Note
    An Innovation That Stuck
    Elaine Schwartz
    May 16, 2021
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and avocado consunption
    An Avocado Update
    Elaine Schwartz
    June 2, 2019
    0
    Weejly economic and pay-what-you-want and conscious capitalism
    When Pay-What-You-Want Does Not Quite Work Out
    Elaine Schwartz
    January 20, 2019
    0
    weekly economic news roundup and socialism
    What We Mean by Socialism
    Elaine Schwartz
    May 31, 2019
    0
    Everyday economics and the cost of roundabouts
    The Reason We Should Drive Around in Circles
    Elaine Schwartz
    August 3, 2015
    2
    Amazon's air fleet
    Why Amazon Is Buying a Freighter Fleet
    Elaine Schwartz
    January 22, 2021
    0
    economic news roundup and pricing strategies
    Apple’s Goldilocks Strategy
    Elaine Schwartz
    December 9, 2020
    0
    soft plastic recycling
    The Problem With Plastic Bag Bans
    Elaine Schwartz
    February 5, 2020
    0
    weekly economic news roundup and prisoner's dilemma and game theory
    What Would John Maynard Keynes Have Said About Stimulus Spending?
    Elaine Schwartz
    March 27, 2020
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and global risk 2020
    Everything We Need to Know About Global Economic Risk
    Elaine Schwartz
    January 17, 2020
    0
    stock market predictions
    Why It’s Tough to Make Stock Market Predictions
    Elaine Schwartz
    December 8, 2019
    0
    Economic news roundup and strawberry contest
    What We Can Learn From a Strawberry Contest
    Elaine Schwartz
    February 3, 2021
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and fish hatcheries trout
    What We Can Learn From a Trout
    Elaine Schwartz
    November 17, 2019
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and zero waste design
    Why We Want Sneakers Made From Coffee
    Elaine Schwartz
    July 17, 2019
    0
    discount airline fees
    How a Cheap Airline Can Be Expensive
    Elaine Schwartz
    February 15, 2022
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and Measuring Mount Everest
    Where Mount Everest Economics Take Us
    Elaine Schwartz
    December 11, 2020
    0
    airplane seats
    The Airline Seat Size Squeeze
    Elaine Schwartz
    November 22, 2019
    0
    supply chain
    Connecting Abigail Adams to Janet Yellen
    Elaine Schwartz
    January 16, 2014
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and dividing taxes
    How Boats and Cake Are Like Taxes
    Elaine Schwartz
    February 5, 2019
    0
    Everyday Economics and how dynamic scoring is controversial because it spotlights growth instead of spending categories.
    Understanding a New Tax Issue
    Elaine Schwartz
    January 8, 2015
    0
    JS Mill's support of redistribution from taxation in the AFA
    John Stuart Mill on Affordable Health Care
    Elaine Schwartz
    July 17, 2014
    0
    globalization
    The Future of Globalization
    Elaine Schwartz
    March 27, 2022
    0
    U.S. China Trump trade deal
    A China Trade Deal Update
    Elaine Schwartz
    February 17, 2021
    0
    economic news roundup and comparing Santa Claus and UPS
    Santa’s Unfair Trade Practices
    Elaine Schwartz
    December 21, 2020
    0
    Bowie Bonds
    Some New Spin For Vinyl Records
    Elaine Schwartz
    October 22, 2021
    1
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and electric vehicles charging stations
    The Electric Vehicle Switch
    Elaine Schwartz
    July 25, 2021
    0
    film product placement
    How Reese’s Pieces Are Like Ray-Bans
    Elaine Schwartz
    May 10, 2021
    0
    Adam Smith's Laissez-faire
    When We Don’t Need Traffic Lights
    Elaine Schwartz
    June 30, 2021
    2
    chores gap
    Why We Have a Chores Gap
    Elaine Schwartz
    May 23, 2021
    0
    economic news roundup and vaccine new product names
    Why You Should Bet On a Vaccine
    Elaine Schwartz
    March 28, 2021
    0
    law history
    What Lawn History Says About Status
    Elaine Schwartz
    11 hours ago
    0
    economic news roundup and economic news roundup and French bulldog appeal
    Six Facts: The Economic Side of the French Bulldog
    Elaine Schwartz
    January 7, 2022
    0
    racing pigeon prices
    The $1.9 Million Pigeon
    Elaine Schwartz
    November 16, 2020
    0
  • Economic History
    • Business Cycles
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Industry
    • Transportation
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and beer consumption
    The Ups and Downs of Global Beer Consumption
    Elaine Schwartz
    November 5, 2020
    0
    COVID-19 consumer spending
    How a Street Corner Reveals the Real Recovery
    Elaine Schwartz
    September 27, 2020
    0
    understanding the GDP
    Understanding a Pandemic GDP
    Elaine Schwartz
    August 2, 2020
    0
    Mother's Day
    Where More Diapers Are a Disaster
    Elaine Schwartz
    December 9, 2021
    0
    moving a capital city
    Where to Find New Capital Cities
    Elaine Schwartz
    June 27, 2021
    0
    Alexander Hamilton
    How Hamilton Created U.S. Economic Independence
    Elaine Schwartz
    July 5, 2020
    0
    bear markets
    How to Find Bear Market Territory
    Elaine Schwartz
    2 weeks ago
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and FOMO and YOLO
    How YOLO and FOMO Affect Investing
    Elaine Schwartz
    April 29, 2022
    0
    economic news roundup and changing job markets
    How SWIFT Makes Money Move
    Elaine Schwartz
    March 2, 2022
    0
    nail history
    What We Can Learn From a Nail
    Elaine Schwartz
    March 20, 2022
    0
    General Electric hstory
    Edison, Tesla, and the History of General Electric
    Elaine Schwartz
    November 14, 2021
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and U.S. manufacturing
    6 Updated Facts: What Happened to Manufacturing?
    Elaine Schwartz
    November 17, 2020
    2
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and electric vehicles charging stations
    The (Chicken/Egg) Problem With Your EV
    Elaine Schwartz
    6 days ago
    0
    economic news roundup and gasoline prices
    What We Pay For Gas
    Elaine Schwartz
    1 week ago
    0
    economic news roundup and road safety
    Why We Worry About the World’s Faster Roads
    Elaine Schwartz
    2 weeks ago
    0
  • What’s Trending
    • Competition
    • Developing Economies
    • Environment
    • Food and Entertainment
    • Gender Issues
    • Innovation
    • International Trade
    • Presidential Economics
    • Presidential Election
    new product names
    When We Need a Better Name
    Elaine Schwartz
    2 months ago
    0
    movie product placement
    The Surprising Star of Space Jam
    Elaine Schwartz
    April 25, 2022
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and password sharing
    What Password Sharing Really Means
    Elaine Schwartz
    April 21, 2022
    0
    chicken export nationalism
    Playing Chicken With Export Nationalism
    Elaine Schwartz
    3 weeks ago
    0
    Weekly economic news roundupMount Everest Invasion Impact
    How Russia’s Ukraine Invasion Harmed Nepal
    Elaine Schwartz
    April 28, 2022
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and Zimbabwe inflation
    Why Zimbabwe Laundered Money
    Elaine Schwartz
    December 23, 2021
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and electric vehicles charging stations
    The (Chicken/Egg) Problem With Your EV
    Elaine Schwartz
    6 days ago
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and stranded ship's oil spill
    Why a Catastrophic Oil Spill Might Not Happen
    Elaine Schwartz
    2 weeks ago
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and conservation or development
    How a Flamingo and a Bear Have the Same Problem
    Elaine Schwartz
    3 weeks ago
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and movie theater popcorn problem
    Why Theaters Could Have Popcorn Problems
    Elaine Schwartz
    4 weeks ago
    0
    movie product placement
    The Surprising Star of Space Jam
    Elaine Schwartz
    April 25, 2022
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and Disney intellectual property Stan Lee
    The Thousands of Marvel Superheroes We Will Meet
    Elaine Schwartz
    February 18, 2021
    0
    space suit history
    The Sexist Side of Space Suits
    Elaine Schwartz
    4 weeks ago
    0
    keeping a maiden name
    The Marriage Name Problem
    Elaine Schwartz
    1 month ago
    0
    Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and Women's World Cup Soccer lawsuit
    The Newest Women’s Soccer Team Victory
    Elaine Schwartz
    1 month ago
    0
    rotisserie cheap chickens
    When a Chicken Is Like a Ford
    Elaine Schwartz
    4 days ago
    0
    new technology
    The New Technology Seen By Queen Elizabeth
    Elaine Schwartz
    4 weeks ago
    0
    Fortnite's emote creators
    How (Fortnite’s) It’s Complicated Became Complicated
    Elaine Schwartz
    April 24, 2022
    0
    The Great Lego Spill from a container ship
    The Great Lego Spill
    Elaine Schwartz
    3 weeks ago
    0
    chicken export nationalism
    Playing Chicken With Export Nationalism
    Elaine Schwartz
    3 weeks ago
    0
    economic news roundup and global food supply
    Why We Worry About the World’s Wheat
    Elaine Schwartz
    March 17, 2022
    0
    Weekly News Roundup and presidential jets Air Force One
    Why Presidential Jets Have Sky High Costs
    Elaine Schwartz
    April 7, 2022
    0
    presidents' inherited economies
    The Economy Inherited by Bush, Obama, and Trump
    Elaine Schwartz
    November 8, 2020
    0
    measuring presidential economic performance
    The Mystery of a President’s Economic Performance
    Elaine Schwartz
    February 17, 2020
    0
    owning the moon
    How to Own the Moon
    Elaine Schwartz
    August 22, 2021
    0
    globalization
    How We Feel About Globalization
    Elaine Schwartz
    September 24, 2020
    0
    traffic congestion
    The Connection Between Traffic Jams and Jobs
    Elaine Schwartz
    August 27, 2019
    0
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  • Home
  • About
    • ELAINE
    • ECON 101 1/2: THE FOUNDATION
    • CONTACT
  • Economic Ideas
    • Behavioral Economics
    • Business
    • Demand and Supply
    • Scarcity
    • The Market System
    • Taxes and Spending
    • Money and Banking
    • Trade & Comparative Advantage
    law history
    What Lawn History Says About Status
    Elaine Schwartz
    11 hours ago
    0
    economic news roundup and animal rights Happy elephant
    When An Elephant Was Almost a Person
    Elaine Schwartz
    2 weeks ago
    0
    Tesla AV ethical dilemmas
    Why AV Programmers Have Life and Death Dilemmas
    Elaine Schwartz
    2 weeks ago
    0
    economic news roundup andthe life of a Christmas tree
    The Life of a Christmas Tree: From Seedling to Six-Footer
    Elaine Schwartz
    December 8, 2021
    0
    Amazon web services
    What We Might Not Know About Big Tech
    Elaine Schwartz
    May 4, 2021
    0
    standardizing color
    The Colors That We Care About
    Elaine Schwartz
    February 28, 2021
    0
    economic news roundup and gasoline prices
    What We Pay For Gas
    Elaine Schwartz
    1 week ago
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and Sriracha shortages
    Chili Pepper Problems
    Elaine Schwartz
    3 weeks ago
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and movie theater popcorn problem
    Why Theaters Could Have Popcorn Problems
    Elaine Schwartz
    4 weeks ago
    0
    mini-posts
    Everyday Economics and a Tablet, a Commencement, and a Stadium
    Elaine Schwartz
    May 1, 2022
    0
    cream cheese shortage
    How Covid Caused a Bagels and Cream Cheese Crisis
    Elaine Schwartz
    December 5, 2021
    2
    American Time Use Survey
    What Your Time is Really Worth
    Elaine Schwartz
    December 18, 2020
    0
    owning the moon
    How to Own the Moon
    Elaine Schwartz
    August 22, 2021
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and Disney intellectual property Stan Lee
    The Thousands of Marvel Superheroes We Will Meet
    Elaine Schwartz
    February 18, 2021
    0
    Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and lost luggage
    Where Lost Luggage Finds a Home
    Elaine Schwartz
    July 15, 2020
    0
    spending and taxes
    A Global Look at Spending and Taxes
    Elaine Schwartz
    April 11, 2022
    0
    Weekly News Roundup and presidential jets Air Force One
    Why Presidential Jets Have Sky High Costs
    Elaine Schwartz
    April 7, 2022
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and sin tax Whiskey Rebellion
    6 Facts: Are Sin Taxes a Blessing?
    Elaine Schwartz
    January 21, 2022
    0
    economic news roundup and changing job markets
    How SWIFT Makes Money Move
    Elaine Schwartz
    March 2, 2022
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and dogecoin
    The Dog(e) That Needs An Owner
    Elaine Schwartz
    September 16, 2021
    0
    Economic News Roundup and ATM's impact
    How the ATM’s Twenty Dollar Bills Affect Us
    Elaine Schwartz
    September 8, 2021
    0
    globalization
    Looking at Past, Present, and Future Globalization
    Elaine Schwartz
    1 month ago
    0
    globalization
    The Future of Globalization
    Elaine Schwartz
    March 27, 2022
    0
    banana supply
    An Alarming Banana Story
    Elaine Schwartz
    April 25, 2021
    0
  • Economic Thinkers
    • Gary Becker
    • Milton Friedman
    • Friedrich Hayek
    • Daniel Kahneman
    • John Maynard Keynes
    • Thomas Malthus
    • Alfred Marshall
    • Karl Marx
    • John Stuart Mill
    • David Ricardo
    • Joseph Schumpeter
    • Adam Smith
    • Thorstein Veblen
    chores gap
    Why We Have a Chores Gap
    Elaine Schwartz
    May 23, 2021
    0
    keeping a maiden name
    COVID’s Divorce Rate Surprises
    Elaine Schwartz
    February 5, 2021
    1
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and dating markets
    How Dating Markets Have Changed
    Elaine Schwartz
    November 6, 2020
    0
    Post-it Note
    An Innovation That Stuck
    Elaine Schwartz
    May 16, 2021
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and avocado consunption
    An Avocado Update
    Elaine Schwartz
    June 2, 2019
    0
    Weejly economic and pay-what-you-want and conscious capitalism
    When Pay-What-You-Want Does Not Quite Work Out
    Elaine Schwartz
    January 20, 2019
    0
    weekly economic news roundup and socialism
    What We Mean by Socialism
    Elaine Schwartz
    May 31, 2019
    0
    Everyday economics and the cost of roundabouts
    The Reason We Should Drive Around in Circles
    Elaine Schwartz
    August 3, 2015
    2
    Amazon's air fleet
    Why Amazon Is Buying a Freighter Fleet
    Elaine Schwartz
    January 22, 2021
    0
    economic news roundup and pricing strategies
    Apple’s Goldilocks Strategy
    Elaine Schwartz
    December 9, 2020
    0
    soft plastic recycling
    The Problem With Plastic Bag Bans
    Elaine Schwartz
    February 5, 2020
    0
    weekly economic news roundup and prisoner's dilemma and game theory
    What Would John Maynard Keynes Have Said About Stimulus Spending?
    Elaine Schwartz
    March 27, 2020
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and global risk 2020
    Everything We Need to Know About Global Economic Risk
    Elaine Schwartz
    January 17, 2020
    0
    stock market predictions
    Why It’s Tough to Make Stock Market Predictions
    Elaine Schwartz
    December 8, 2019
    0
    Economic news roundup and strawberry contest
    What We Can Learn From a Strawberry Contest
    Elaine Schwartz
    February 3, 2021
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and fish hatcheries trout
    What We Can Learn From a Trout
    Elaine Schwartz
    November 17, 2019
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and zero waste design
    Why We Want Sneakers Made From Coffee
    Elaine Schwartz
    July 17, 2019
    0
    discount airline fees
    How a Cheap Airline Can Be Expensive
    Elaine Schwartz
    February 15, 2022
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and Measuring Mount Everest
    Where Mount Everest Economics Take Us
    Elaine Schwartz
    December 11, 2020
    0
    airplane seats
    The Airline Seat Size Squeeze
    Elaine Schwartz
    November 22, 2019
    0
    supply chain
    Connecting Abigail Adams to Janet Yellen
    Elaine Schwartz
    January 16, 2014
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and dividing taxes
    How Boats and Cake Are Like Taxes
    Elaine Schwartz
    February 5, 2019
    0
    Everyday Economics and how dynamic scoring is controversial because it spotlights growth instead of spending categories.
    Understanding a New Tax Issue
    Elaine Schwartz
    January 8, 2015
    0
    JS Mill's support of redistribution from taxation in the AFA
    John Stuart Mill on Affordable Health Care
    Elaine Schwartz
    July 17, 2014
    0
    globalization
    The Future of Globalization
    Elaine Schwartz
    March 27, 2022
    0
    U.S. China Trump trade deal
    A China Trade Deal Update
    Elaine Schwartz
    February 17, 2021
    0
    economic news roundup and comparing Santa Claus and UPS
    Santa’s Unfair Trade Practices
    Elaine Schwartz
    December 21, 2020
    0
    Bowie Bonds
    Some New Spin For Vinyl Records
    Elaine Schwartz
    October 22, 2021
    1
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and electric vehicles charging stations
    The Electric Vehicle Switch
    Elaine Schwartz
    July 25, 2021
    0
    film product placement
    How Reese’s Pieces Are Like Ray-Bans
    Elaine Schwartz
    May 10, 2021
    0
    Adam Smith's Laissez-faire
    When We Don’t Need Traffic Lights
    Elaine Schwartz
    June 30, 2021
    2
    chores gap
    Why We Have a Chores Gap
    Elaine Schwartz
    May 23, 2021
    0
    economic news roundup and vaccine new product names
    Why You Should Bet On a Vaccine
    Elaine Schwartz
    March 28, 2021
    0
    law history
    What Lawn History Says About Status
    Elaine Schwartz
    11 hours ago
    0
    economic news roundup and economic news roundup and French bulldog appeal
    Six Facts: The Economic Side of the French Bulldog
    Elaine Schwartz
    January 7, 2022
    0
    racing pigeon prices
    The $1.9 Million Pigeon
    Elaine Schwartz
    November 16, 2020
    0
  • Economic History
    • Business Cycles
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Industry
    • Transportation
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and beer consumption
    The Ups and Downs of Global Beer Consumption
    Elaine Schwartz
    November 5, 2020
    0
    COVID-19 consumer spending
    How a Street Corner Reveals the Real Recovery
    Elaine Schwartz
    September 27, 2020
    0
    understanding the GDP
    Understanding a Pandemic GDP
    Elaine Schwartz
    August 2, 2020
    0
    Mother's Day
    Where More Diapers Are a Disaster
    Elaine Schwartz
    December 9, 2021
    0
    moving a capital city
    Where to Find New Capital Cities
    Elaine Schwartz
    June 27, 2021
    0
    Alexander Hamilton
    How Hamilton Created U.S. Economic Independence
    Elaine Schwartz
    July 5, 2020
    0
    bear markets
    How to Find Bear Market Territory
    Elaine Schwartz
    2 weeks ago
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and FOMO and YOLO
    How YOLO and FOMO Affect Investing
    Elaine Schwartz
    April 29, 2022
    0
    economic news roundup and changing job markets
    How SWIFT Makes Money Move
    Elaine Schwartz
    March 2, 2022
    0
    nail history
    What We Can Learn From a Nail
    Elaine Schwartz
    March 20, 2022
    0
    General Electric hstory
    Edison, Tesla, and the History of General Electric
    Elaine Schwartz
    November 14, 2021
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and U.S. manufacturing
    6 Updated Facts: What Happened to Manufacturing?
    Elaine Schwartz
    November 17, 2020
    2
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and electric vehicles charging stations
    The (Chicken/Egg) Problem With Your EV
    Elaine Schwartz
    6 days ago
    0
    economic news roundup and gasoline prices
    What We Pay For Gas
    Elaine Schwartz
    1 week ago
    0
    economic news roundup and road safety
    Why We Worry About the World’s Faster Roads
    Elaine Schwartz
    2 weeks ago
    0
  • What’s Trending
    • Competition
    • Developing Economies
    • Environment
    • Food and Entertainment
    • Gender Issues
    • Innovation
    • International Trade
    • Presidential Economics
    • Presidential Election
    new product names
    When We Need a Better Name
    Elaine Schwartz
    2 months ago
    0
    movie product placement
    The Surprising Star of Space Jam
    Elaine Schwartz
    April 25, 2022
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and password sharing
    What Password Sharing Really Means
    Elaine Schwartz
    April 21, 2022
    0
    chicken export nationalism
    Playing Chicken With Export Nationalism
    Elaine Schwartz
    3 weeks ago
    0
    Weekly economic news roundupMount Everest Invasion Impact
    How Russia’s Ukraine Invasion Harmed Nepal
    Elaine Schwartz
    April 28, 2022
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and Zimbabwe inflation
    Why Zimbabwe Laundered Money
    Elaine Schwartz
    December 23, 2021
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and electric vehicles charging stations
    The (Chicken/Egg) Problem With Your EV
    Elaine Schwartz
    6 days ago
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and stranded ship's oil spill
    Why a Catastrophic Oil Spill Might Not Happen
    Elaine Schwartz
    2 weeks ago
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and conservation or development
    How a Flamingo and a Bear Have the Same Problem
    Elaine Schwartz
    3 weeks ago
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and movie theater popcorn problem
    Why Theaters Could Have Popcorn Problems
    Elaine Schwartz
    4 weeks ago
    0
    movie product placement
    The Surprising Star of Space Jam
    Elaine Schwartz
    April 25, 2022
    0
    Weekly Economic News Roundup and Disney intellectual property Stan Lee
    The Thousands of Marvel Superheroes We Will Meet
    Elaine Schwartz
    February 18, 2021
    0
    space suit history
    The Sexist Side of Space Suits
    Elaine Schwartz
    4 weeks ago
    0
    keeping a maiden name
    The Marriage Name Problem
    Elaine Schwartz
    1 month ago
    0
    Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and Women's World Cup Soccer lawsuit
    The Newest Women’s Soccer Team Victory
    Elaine Schwartz
    1 month ago
    0
    rotisserie cheap chickens
    When a Chicken Is Like a Ford
    Elaine Schwartz
    4 days ago
    0
    new technology
    The New Technology Seen By Queen Elizabeth
    Elaine Schwartz
    4 weeks ago
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