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The international economy, shaped by governments, businesses and other actors, touches the lives of everyone in the world. Pulitzer Center grantee stories tagged with “Economy” feature reporting that covers business, workers and the impact of global capitalism on people’s lives. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on the economy.

 

April 03, 2017 | Vimeo

The Life Equation

Rob Tinworth

What if there were an algorithm for saving the most lives?

March 21, 2017 | In These Times

Our Cotton Colonies

Meta Krese and Jošt Franko

Following a T-shirt's supply chain from Burkina Faso to Bangladesh to your local mall—and back again.

March 13, 2017 | The Caravan

North Korea: A High Price

Laya Maheshwari

Shopping at a supermarket in Pyongyang is unlike other activities in the Hermit Kingdom or shopping nearly anywhere else in the world.

March 13, 2017 | WNYC Radio

A Global Sand Mining Crisis

Vince Beiser

Sand is a crucial material for making concrete, asphalt, and glass — the building blocks of our cities. The worldwide construction boom is causing widespread environmental damage.

Mozambique: Paradise Lost, and Found?

Jeffrey Barbee, Stephanie Hanes, Steve Sapienza

Before the Mozambican civil war, Gorongosa National Park was among the top destinations in Africa, with a higher concentration of animals than on the famed Serengeti Plain. But during the war, soldiers and other poachers killed these vast herds, planted landmines and destroyed the park's infrastructure. By the 1990s,...

Congo's Conflict: Profit and Loss

Mvemba Phezo Dizolele

Conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo have resulted in millions of Congolese lives lost, while benefiting the trade of small arms and valuable minerals like coltan.

Zimbabwe: Human Conflict/Environmental Consequences

Jeffrey Barbee, Stephanie Hanes

In Zimbabwe, growing political and economic instability has put unprecedented pressure on the country's environment. Deforestation, poaching and unsustainable resource exploitation are destroying what was once among the best-managed park systems in Africa. As a result, people who depend on the country's natural resources - either for day- to-day...