April 5, 2020
From the growers through transport, roasters in the U.S. are concerned with the pandemic's impact on the coffee supply chain.
March 30, 2020
Medical product shortages were the unintended consequence of the tariffs that were supposed to diminish our trade with China.
February 21, 2020
While we've heard the coronavirus impact on two cruise ships and on Apple's projected revenue, its impact on garlic is less well known.
January 31, 2020
Avocado Hand, a malady related to guacamole preparation, will increase because of Super Bowl LIV and USMCA avocado consumption.
January 15, 2020
While wine consumption is down among some of us, we can look at conspicuous consumption for the reason why expensive wine is more popular.
January 9, 2020
January 8, 2020
To measure world trade activity and the health of the global economy, we just need to look at a rather obscure index that tells us some everyday facts.
December 15, 2019
Shown by Nigeria's chicken shortage, a country's oil wealth can become a resource curse when it prevents an economy from diversifying.
December 5, 2019
The one similarity shared by the U.S. China Trade War, OPEC negotiations, and two burglars separated in jail is the Prisoners' Dilemma.
September 13, 2019
When we follow the trail of a no deal Brexit, the massive ripple of its impact ranges from intangible uncertainty to a real impact on business activity.
July 16, 2019
July 14, 2019
Whereas we moved from many time zones to four during the 19th century, now, with globalization, we should switch to coordinated universal time for everyone.