Three things make the outbreak especially troubling from an economic perspective.

Democratic presidential hopefuls have weighed in on the often-neglected issue of infrastructure spending. 

Corruption in transportation doesn’t just cause multitudinous, tiny miseries; it can also lead to deaths that don’t always make headlines.

While the debate rages over whether the loss of industrial jobs is caused by offshoring, immigration or automation, the revolutionizing power of robots in the supply chain is becoming undeniable.