Planet Money's T-Shirt Project

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Planet Money's T-Shirt Project Planet Money followed the making of a simple cotton t-shirt through the global economy. From Mississippi to Indonesia to Bangladesh to Colombia and back to the U.S. Listen to the stories here.

Planet Money Explores The Economics Of T-Shirts

It took Bowen Flowers and his men only two days to harvest a thousand acres of cotton. By sunset, this was just about the only cotton left to pick. Robert Smith/NPR hide caption

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How Technology And Hefty Subsidies Make U.S. Cotton King

Inside a yarn factory in Indonesia. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption

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Planet Money Spins A Yarn And Makes A 'Perfect' T-Shirt

Minu (left) and her younger sister Shumi worked on the Planet Money men's T-shirt. Kainaz Amaria/NPR hide caption

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Two Sisters, A Small Room And The World Behind A T-Shirt

Workers sew together the Planet Money t-shirt in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Kainaz Amaria/NPR hide caption

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Next Stop Bangladesh As We Follow Planet Money's T-Shirt

Noreli Morales (right) works on the Planet Money women's T-shirt at a factory in Medellin, Colombia. Joshua Davis for NPR hide caption

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'Our Industry Follows Poverty': Success Threatens A T-Shirt Business

There are more than 4,000 garment factories in Bangladesh. One way or another, most of them trace their lineage to Abdul Majid Chowdhury, Noorul Quader and the 128 Bangladeshis who traveled to Korea 30 years ago. Kainaz Amaria/NPR hide caption

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Nixon And Kimchi: How The Garment Industry Came To Bangladesh

The container carrying the Planet Money women's T-shirts is loaded onto a ship in Cartagena, Colombia. Eric Helton for NPR hide caption

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Meet The Humble Container That Moves The Global Economy

The Hansa Kirkenes carried all 6,078 of the Planet Money women's T-shirts from Cartagena, Colombia, to Miami. Eric Helton for NPR hide caption

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The Giant Book That Creates And Destroys Entire Industries

Bales of imported clothing are wheeled into the Gikombo Market in Nairobi, Kenya. Sarah Elliott for NPR hide caption

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The Afterlife Of American Clothes

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Planet Money T-Shirt Exposes Issues Of Work, Trade And Clothes

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