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Go East, Young Marijuana Dealer

by Marianne McCune

May 22, 2013 2:42 PM

A San Francisco dealer quadrupled his income by moving to New York after California legalized medical marijuana.

An employee handles marijuana at Perennial Holistic Wellness Center, a medical marijuana dispensary, in Los Angeles.

Demand For Ammunition Is Up. Why Aren't Prices?

by Marianne McCune

May 17, 2013 3:04 AM

Demand increased recently, leading to widespread shortages. An economics textbook would say ammo sellers should have raised prices rather than have empty shelves. But that hasn't happened.

"We're going to keep prices as fair as we possibly can," says Bob Viden of Bob's Little Sport Shop in southern New Jersey.

Can Economics Save The African Rhino?

by Gregory Warner

May 15, 2013 4:47 PM

Poachers kill rhinos for their horns. Some economists think legalizing the horns could save the rhinos.

A black dehorned rhinoceros is followed by a calf at the Bona Bona Game Reserve in 2012. South Africa has seen a devastating increase in poaching in recent years as black-market demand for rhino horn has grown.

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We're Making T-Shirts. Lots And Lots Of T-Shirts.

May 15, 2013 3:02 PM

Thanks so much to everybody who backed the Planet Money t-shirt. We can't wait to start telling the story of your shirts.

Our Kickstarter campaign to fund our t-shirt project raised over $590,000.

Episode 458: Bangladesh's T-Shirt Economy

May 14, 2013 8:06 PM

The Planet Money men's t-shirt will be made in part in Bangladesh.

Garment workers sew T-shirts at a factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2009.

Episode 457: Why Pink?

May 10, 2013 8:08 PM

On today's show: What the color of the Planet Money t-shirt has to do with a painting from 1969.

A mockup of the colors of the Planet Money t-shirt.

NYT Excerpt: A Food-Truck Mystery

May 07, 2013 9:56 AM

Shouldn't there be four Wafels & Dinges trucks for every hot-dog cart?

Episode 224: The Cotton Wars

May 03, 2013 8:36 PM

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.

"They keep coming to the table ... always bitching and complaining." --Dahlin Hancock, Texas cotton farmer, on the Brazilians.

'The Single Most Valuable Document In The History Of The World Wide Web'

by Jacob Goldstein

May 01, 2013 1:00 PM

What if the Web had been patented?

Episode 455: The Planet Money T-Shirt Is Finally (Almost) Here

April 30, 2013 8:47 PM

We're making a t-shirt that tells the story of its own creation.

The Hottest Thing To Smuggle Out Of Hong Kong: Baby Formula

April 29, 2013 9:46 AM

The latest wrinkle in the story of worried Chinese parents going around the world in search of safe formula.

Episode 454: The Lollipop War

April 26, 2013 8:09 PM

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.