A growing trend is to mine Bitcoin in Venezuela, where the electricity is hugely subsidized, mining can pay better than something like being a doctor, and you c

A growing trend is to mine Bitcoin in Venezuela, where the electricity is hugely subsidized, mining can pay better than something like being a doctor, and you can get food sent in from Miami (since your income is in a widely accepted currency.) Good Econtalk on the subject: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/02/jim_epstein_on.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/02/jim_epstein_on.html