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Planet Money Spins A Yarn And Makes A 'Perfect' T-Shirt NPR's Planet Money team has manufactured a T-shirt. All this week we're following its journey around the globe. Today, the T-shirt makes a detour in the Pacific Ocean. Cotton from America gets shipped to a factory in Indonesia where it gets transformed into yarn.
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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.

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

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

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NPR's Planet Money team has manufactured a T-shirt. All this week we're following its journey around the globe. Today, the T-shirt makes a detour in the Pacific Ocean. Cotton from America gets shipped to a factory in Indonesia where it gets transformed into yarn.

Special Series

Planet Money's T-Shirt Project

Planet Money followed the making of a simple cotton t-shirt through the global economy.