Macroeconomics 6: Trade & The Better Life
Planet Money Summer School
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The World of Tea Shirts
When minu became a tea neager, her father began to worry about getting her married. Marrying minuo meant she became her husband's burden, not her fathers. By the time her younger sister was marrying age, the rules were changing in bengladesh. The fact that shume's young and unmarried means she has to be selfish. Minu has to send all her money home for her daughters school. Shema sends some money back to her parents, but she also has her own bank account, and she's saving for something special.
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