How geography contributes to economic growth and can increase or lower the cost of living.
Topics covered include:
- Why living in a developing country like Costa Rica is still relatively expensive
- How Amazon and e-commerce platforms lower the cost of living
- Why we should consider slowing down our rate of consumption
- How geography is impacting the rollout of AI
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Show Notes
World Data Country Comparison: Costa Rica & USA
Why is Gas so Expensive in Costa Rica? by Sarah Jordan—The Tico Times
United States eCommerce Sales Growth (2018 to Q3 2024) by Jason—SellersCommerce
The Era of Finance CEOs Running Retailers Is Over by Amanda Mull—Bloomberg
AI set to fuel surge in new US gas power plants by Amanda Chu and Jamie Smyth—The Financial Times
What happened to the artificial-intelligence revolution?—The Economist
Liebreich: Generative AI – The Power and the Glory by Michael Liebreich—BloombergNEF
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