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Many restaurants on delivery apps like Door Dash and Uber Eats are actually ghost kitchens without storefronts.

The Gig Economy of Cloud Kitchens

When you open a food delivery app for a meal brought straight to you, do you ever see brand you don't recognize? These are likely ghost kitchens, which exist without storefronts. How do they operate, and why have they become so popular over the last decade?...
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Saddique Ansari • January 28, 2020 • 1 min read

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What is a carbon tax?

A carbon tax is a tax on carbon emissions, and is a type of pollution tax used to cut C02 emissions and provide an incentive to switch to cleaner energy.

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Many workers are "quiet quitting" today, meaning they perform the bare minimum at work but refuse to leave the job.

The Economics of Quiet Quitting: Labor Supply Meets Workplace Incentives

In recent years, the phenomenon of "quiet quitting" has risen among younger Millenial and Gen Z workers. They don't leave dissatisfying jobs, but instead resort to doing the bare minimum. What has happened, and why?...
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