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

Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio

Inside a yarn factory in Indonesia.
David Gilkey
PLANET MONEY MAKES A T-SHIRT: Why The Recipe For Yarn Is Like The Formula For Coke
/ NPR

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.

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Email
Robert Smith is a host for NPR's Planet Money where he tells stories about how the global economy is affecting our lives.