Are Cheap Clothes Ruining the Planet?

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Are Cheap Clothes Ruining the Planet?

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Oct 11, 2019

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Dana Thomas discusses “Fashionopolis,” and Steven Greenhouse talks about “Beaten Down, Worked Up.”

Released:

Oct 11, 2019

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The world's top authors and critics join host Pamela Paul and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world.

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Are Cheap Clothes Ruining the Planet?

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