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Let’s face it, economic growth models are outdated.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
Shifting Winds: The Effect of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Air Travel
The coronavirus pandemic has forced many changes in the world, especially with drastically restricting our movement. It should come as no surprise that the worldwide airline industry was heavily affectedContinue Reading
The Surprising Economics of High-Occupancy Toll Lanes
Los Angeles is known for a lot of things: Hollywood, world-famous beaches, and great food. Yet, it has also earned a reputation for being home to some of the mostContinue Reading
The United States Cannot Agree on the Free Market
Touching on the principle of freedom is a timeless and often successful political strategy because it is easy to communicate and harkens back to a prideful national identity. Former PresidentContinue Reading