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Intro Econ 4: Scarcity & Pistachios

Planet Money Summer School

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The Drought of the Commons

Hedge funds and big banks are buying California farmland to plant almond and pistachio trees. The crops do not bring in that much money during droughts, so everyone is planting them. Mark Wadi: "We're trying to make money here"

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