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Indonesia

111007199 — 2024-05-29 16:10:30 UTC

this is where the cotton used to make the Planet Money t-shirt comes from, in this cotton factory, they have cotton imported from all over the world which hints at the global supply chain. people involved in this process are cotton farmers and workers in Indonesia, their lives are affected by this because their lives and employment depend on the demand for cotton

Mississippi

111007199 — 2024-05-29 16:26:30 UTC

Mississippi is where majority of cotton in the us comes from. The us is considered the king of cotton they are considered the king of cotton because of their technology, which allows them to modify seeds to produce more cotton and resist pest. Report cards so that they can inform other buyers what exactly buying. Subsides provide farmers money that the government pays so that they can continue farming cotton and it is useful because it provides farmers money if sales ever change. The people involved are mechanics, drivers and supervisors.

Miami, FL

111007199 — 2024-05-30 15:16:58 UTC

This is where the t shirts imported by the planet money team will be entering the US. when they import the the t shirts they are expected to pay a tariff, which is similar to a tax and it can be different depending on the materiel of the t shirt.

Bangladesh

111007199 — 2024-05-30 15:24:14 UTC

Bangladesh is where the clothing is sewed, the people that sew the clothing are people who are in need of money because sewing clothes in Bangladesh does not pay a lot some people only make 80 dollars a month, just barely enough to survive there. The factory there has fallen apart and many people died from that and there are protest against it so that a casualty like that wont happen again.

Colombia

111007199 — 2024-05-30 15:26:51 UTC

In Colombia a lot of sewing goes on there. The people who work in the sewing factories make up to 4x what people in Bangladesh make they make enough to live off of without worry.

Wisconsin

111007199 — 2024-05-30 15:31:56 UTC

in Wisconsin, they create the cotton seeds and modify the seeds so that they can produce more cotton, resist pests, and be tolerant of herbicides.

Ghana

111007199 — 2024-05-30 16:20:30 UTC

A bunch of used clothing ends up in ghana about 15 million ends up in Ghana kamato market and there is about 30 million people in Ghana.

China

111007199 — 2024-05-30 16:23:24 UTC

the first textile factories were created and many people left there farm jobs to come work in the factories and make shirts.

New York, NY

111007199 — 2024-05-30 16:29:31 UTC

transportation became a lot easier when they started putting trucks on boast to ship things faster. That started in new york and transportation became more convenient.

Mexico

111007199 — 2024-05-30 16:30:47 UTC

Mexico is one of the few countries that has made free trade deals with the US over the past few decades