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Supplies Of Valuable Ginseng Root Dwindling
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Ginseng is a prized root in demand for it's wide use in traditional Chinese medicine. Some of the most valuable ginseng grows wild in Appalachia, but supplies are dwindling.
Walmart And Amazon's Food Fight
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Amazon and Walmart each want to sell you groceries as part of their plan to sell everyone everything. So now Walmart is inventing new kinds of foods to lure customers into the store.
After Harvey, One Group Is Hoping Giving Away Cash Will Help Houstonians Rebuild
Friday, October 06, 2017
GiveDirectly is a group trying an approach to rebuild Houston modeled from anti-poverty work in Africa. Just give away cash, no strings attached — but there's hopeful logic behind the method.
Tesla Upgrades Batteries On Some Cars To Help Irma Evacuees
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
To help evacuees from Hurricane Irma drive a little further, Telsa sent an upgrade to some of it's cars that made the battery last longer. This raises the question: if they could do it with software remotely, why didn't they do it before? Many companies try to differentiate between identical or nearly identical products to sell them to some people for more and others for less. That's not necessarily a bad thing.
Bridge For Sale: History Clashes With Safety In Washington State
Wednesday, September 06, 2017
It's not so easy to get rid of a historic bridge. Washington state has one and doesn't know what to do with it. Historic preservation is butting up against safety and infrastructure needs, so the state is offering $1 million for anyone who will come and take the old bridge off their hands.
Amazon's 1-Click Patent Is About To Expire. What's The Big Deal?
Wednesday, September 06, 2017
Our Planet Money team looks back on the early days of the Internet when buying with one click seemed novel enough to warrant a patent, and how this gave Amazon an advantage.