#320: How Fear Turned A Surplus Into Scarcity

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Planet Money

The economy explained.

Englisch , Wirtschaft , Nachrichten

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vor 14 Jahren

Today on the podcast, the story of one of the most destructive and mysterious food shortages in recent memory. The most mysterious thing about this shortage of rice: There was more than enough to go around.It is the epic story of a shortage that wasn't.In this global caper of good intentions gone wrong, there are shadowy trade deals, corrupt government officials, and warehouses full of rice in a country that didn't want it.