Economic Way of Thinking

Discover how Dollar Tree, a Fortune 500 retailer, achieved significant energy savings and reduced emissions with BrainBox AI's autonomous HVAC optimization solution. Learn about the rapid implementation across 600 stores, resulting in 7,980,916 kWh electricity savings and $1,028,159 cost savings in just one year.

A full-length animated feature would cost much less than its Hollywood counterpart

Gary's parents have lived through some terrible things: WWII, the Great Depression, and now, orange juice with pulp.Subscribe to watch more Team Coco videos ...

"These businesses are salivating for someone that can come in there and get them back on the road today," dealer Rhett Ricart said.

Consumers are acting ahead of a fast-approaching Sept. 30 deadline to claim the tax break for electric vehicles.

70% of Americans would prefer autonomous cars to use both cameras and lidar....

They say it’s because of tariffs. But it could set the business up for a profitable pop if demand is a smidge better than expected....

Young people are investing in making themselves smell nice.

by Rachel Lu

Prime members get free same-day delivery on groceries if they spend $25 or more....

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Maybe the biggest failure in air travel is something we don’t talk about at all. How is it possible that people are being told to show up at the airport 2.5 to 3 hours before their flight, and that isn’t considered a failure of massive proportions?

Homegrown efforts to redo lawns so they need less water typically don't go over well, even when local governments encourage it.

Nestlé is among UK companies taking part in project to ‘design out’ waste by redistributing surplus product

Walk into a government clinic in Lagos on a Monday morning, and you’ll see the real price of “free” healthcare. Even early in the day, the benches are already

Maybe the biggest failure in air travel is something we don’t talk about at all. How is it possible that people are being told to show up at the airport 2.5 to 3 hours before their flight, and that isn’t considered a failure of massive proportions?

In a world where global power is measured by military strength, technological innovation, or cultural influence, it is striking that the European Union,

Since Gretchen Whitmer became governor, Michigan has given $995 million to companies that promised to create 65,000 jobs. They’ve produced 13,000 — a rate of $76,000 per job, a Bridge investigation finds.

The program aims to address the high costs of parenting with cash.

The government will pay families $500 per child until age three to incentivize births.

by Erik W. Matson

A small security ritual adds up to a big economic burden when repeated by millions.

The latest CDC figures show that births per woman in the US slumped to under 1.6 — well below replacement level....

Cutting across language, geography, and culture, one societal trend is beginning to loom larger than any other: falling birth rates....

Streetscapes may be headed for a major makeover.

Waymo’s latest data dump

New federal data shows the fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman.

Interactive visualization of technological history

Elon Musk and Donald Trump are fighting in public again....