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Why (Almost) No One In Myanmar Wanted My Money
by Robert Smith
Like people in other countries that have gone through economic turmoil, people in Myanmar want U.S. dollars that look like they just rolled off the presses.
by Robert Smith
Like people in other countries that have gone through economic turmoil, people in Myanmar want U.S. dollars that look like they just rolled off the presses.
by Chana Joffe-Walt
A young college grad asks an economist for advice.
by Jacob Goldstein
Hospital prices just got a lot more transparent. But if you have private insurance, the new information won't help you.
Nearly 20 states have legalized marijuana to some degree. As it turns out, this has profound economic consequences for dealers all across the country.
by Zoe Chace
It might be up to the government to decide whether foreign workers are the most qualified applicants for for jobs at private companies.
Shouldn't there be four Wafels & Dinges trucks for every hot-dog cart?
We don't want to take sides on this one; we want you to decide
Meet a Brazilian who took on the world's largest superpower, a Texas cotton farmer who's tired of hearing the Brazilians complain, and a guy named Renato — a.k.a. Retaliation Master.
Jacob Goldstein and Jess Jiang
Earlier this year, the percentage of Americans who are working or looking for work fell to its lowest level since 1979.
"How did two men, whose work is widely respected, reach such different conclusions from data about the same economy?"
by Jacob Goldstein
What if the Web had been patented?
We're making a t-shirt that tells the story of its own creation.
The latest wrinkle in the story of worried Chinese parents going around the world in search of safe formula.
Sugar costs more in the U.S. than in the rest of the world. If you're in the candy business — if, say, you make 10 million lollipops a day — that's a big deal.
by Marianne McCune
Chinese parents don't trust Chinese baby formula, so they pay a premium to have it shipped in from around the world.
