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Why’s my coffee so expensive?

2024/5/27
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Stephen Juno认为美国制造业正在复苏,企业投资增加,这表明企业正在增加对生产设备的投资,这对于未来的生产和降低通货膨胀都是积极的信号。John Diamond也认为企业对设备的投资增加是积极信号,有助于降低通货膨胀。Oren Klatschken指出高利率和严格的银行贷款标准限制了企业购买昂贵设备的融资能力。 Caroline Houck指出墨西哥城正面临严重的水危机,原因是长期干旱、城市基础设施问题和气候变化。她还指出,拉丁美洲多个地区都面临水资源短缺问题,这并非墨西哥城独有的问题。她认为解决墨西哥城水危机需要短期措施(例如修复漏水管道)和长期措施(例如重新规划城市发展),并且水资源的定价问题存在争议。 Maria Hollenhorst报道了越来越多的黑人女性开始创业,但创业的挑战依然很大,虽然黑人拥有的企业数量在增长,但新企业的存活率仍然很低,创业的成功需要资金支持和个人努力。 Lily Jamali报道了咖啡价格上涨,部分原因是气候变化导致产量下降以及全球需求增长。大型公司提前锁定购买价格,因此这种上涨不会立即体现在零售价格上。 Wizzy Kim报道了利用Zoom等技术进行远程收银是一种新的数字化离岸外包形式,其成本比雇佣本地员工低。技术进步使得公司更容易进行数字化离岸外包,从而打破地域限制。数字化离岸外包中的工作通常报酬低,工作条件可能很差,自动化和劳动条件恶化往往会影响到已经比较脆弱的工种。

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Nearly two-thirds of Americans drink coffee every day, according to the National Coffee Association. If you’re part of that 63%, you may have noticed coffee getting more expensive. Some of it has to do with the cost of the raw crop, which is at a 45-year high, partly due to climate change reducing yields. And it doesn’t help that global demand is growing. Also in this episode: Mexico City is in a water crisis, Zoom cashiers usher in a new wave of digital offshoring and machinery and other things-that-make-things purchases were up last month.