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Workers harvesting grapes for wine production in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images

Global supply chains keep workers poor: three case studies show how the cycle can be broken

Global supply chains lead to companies capturing most of the value, while suppliers – and especially workers – get a much smaller share.
How many stairs would you climb for that payoff? Ozgur Donmaz/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Hard work feels worth it, but only after it’s done – new research on how people value effort

Researchers probed what psychologists call the ‘paradox of effort’ to learn how different people value work they could do in the future or that they’ve already accomplished in the past.
Establishing the financial worth of a river’s fish is complicated when many people don’t sell the fish they catch. Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP via Getty Images

How much is the world’s most productive river worth? Here’s how experts estimate the value of nature

Putting a dollar value on nature has staunch opponents who say it’s morally wrong, but without it, building dams and other infrastructure can run roughshod over vital ecosystems.

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