The unseen environmental impacts of cryptocurrency: Is bitcoin mining sustainable?
Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin—these represent only a few major cryptocurrencies trading 24 hours a day across the globe. Crypto’s sizable volatility attracts all kinds of investors, although recently, a newerContinue Reading
The future of Southeast Asian economies
In Southeast Asia, a group of small nations are steadily growing into a formidable force, even in the face of multiple setbacks. Under ASEAN (Association of SouthEast Asian Nations), theirContinue Reading
Tourism and climate change: The dissonance between a key economic player and an environmentally destructive industry
A few collectively agreed upon desires during the height of the coronavirus pandemic were to open up businesses, get out of the house, and travel. The lockdown period left peopleContinue Reading
How can e-commerce companies facilitate climate adaptation using big data?
Winter storms in Texas, floods in Europe, heatwaves and wildfires in California, hurricanes in Louisiana… This year, a severe natural disaster makes the front page every few weeks. Many of usContinue Reading
The key to sustainably expanding America’s economy: Economic neighborhood development
Economic and neighborhood development in low-income areas can transform macroeconomic issues caused by mass incarceration. Government-funded development programs that encourage access to secure housing, food, and education would intervene inContinue Reading
El Salvador’s bitcoin bumbling
El Salvador thinks it has nothing to lose. In a world first, the small Central American nation began using Bitcoin as its legal tender on Sept. 7. The Bitcoin LawContinue Reading
NFTs: Boom or burst?
The expansion of NFTs into a larger market demands analysis on the future of this crypto domain. Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, have recently experienced a surge in popularity and exposure,Continue Reading
A new theory of economic growth
Let’s face it, economic growth models are outdated. We’ve continuously tried to explain how countries achieve growth using our current models but have failed to identify how, in the 21stContinue Reading
California air pollution’s health and economic costs
For decades, Californians have been concerned about the adverse health effects of air pollution. The Los Angeles County Air Pollution Control District, for example, was one of the first ofContinue Reading