The Dark Side of Skin Whitening
A desire for lighter skin tones is deeply entrenched in many parts of the world, but it comes with equally deep risks to health and society.
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Tax Season Woes Have Complex Roots
From Bolivia to the U.K. to Sweden, how people perceive their financial relationship with the state depends on everything from local culture—and history—to what the taxes and benefits are called.
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How Austerity Unravels Social Ties
The experiences of tight-knit neighborhoods in Mozambique suggest that strict belt-tightening often frays a nation's social fabric.
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The Dream of the Green Hog Revolution
Throughout North Carolina, more and more farmers are choosing to raise free-range pigs and sell pasture-fed pork. Will that solve the problems caused by industrial meat production?
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Bracing for the Vanilla Boom
Some of Madagascar’s farmers, made wealthy by this year’s vanilla crop, will spend their cash in crazy “hot money” sprees. But their profligate spending may not be as illogical as it first appears.
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Can Cryptocurrency Revolutionize the Rituals of Money?
Some people are turning their backs on traditional banks in favor of cryptocurrencies. Beneath the financial and technological conversations surrounding this shift is a story about how trust shapes the culture of money.