The flowers you buy your mom for Mother's Day may be tied to the US war on drugs
- Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, Senior Lecturer, Questrom School of Business, Boston University
Colombia is the world's second-biggest cut flower exporter. AP Photo/Fernando VergaraWhat does Mother’s Day flowers have to do with cocaine?
Very little, most people would think. But as an economist, I often explain to my students that the world is economically connected, often in strange ways. The flower business is one of those strange...
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