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Plattsburgh’s Bitcoin Problem
With Plattsburgh, New York’s cheap electricity attracting Bitcoin miners, the city has to figure out how to cut their power usage.
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Fresh Fruit to Soggy French Fries
Connecting economics, current events, and history, our weekly economic news roundup ranges from transporting bananas and producing oil to making pizza.
Why We Have More Bananas
Customized container ship refrigeration has made it possible for our fruit imports to include many more bananas, limes, mangoes, and berries.
Seeing Gander on 9/11 Through a Different Lens
While Gander’s hospitality on 9/11 is an example of considerable graciousness, it also can be remembered for its economics.
McDonald’s Soggy French Fries Problem
Because of their new delivery partnership with UberEats, McDonald’s has a soggy French fries problem that they need to solve.
Why It’s Tough for OPEC to Fight the Frackers
The OPEC nations are having a tough time deciding what oil price to target because it all depends on how U.S. shale oil producers will respond.
Using Pizza to Understand the Trade Deficit
We can look at pizza take-out to see why a trade deficit involves much more than spending more on the imports you buy than the exports you sell.
Why Daylight Saving Time is Good For Us
With Daylight Saving Time (DST) having just begun, we might find that shifting sunlight from the morning to the evening has made us safer.
Weekly Economic News Roundup: From STEM Stories to Lobster Tales
Connecting economics, current events, and history, our weekly economic news roundup ranges from sneaker manufacturing and steel tariffs to a Brexit problem.