Markets had severe case of the Monday’s yesterday as stocks plunged. The Dow Jones industrials saw a drop of 634.76 points and not one stock in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index saw an increase. In a word, investors were in a panic, desperately trying to find anything with value to put their money in. Eduardo Porter, editorial writer for our partner The New York Times and author of The Price of Everything: Solving the Mystery of Why We Pay What We Do, helps us find out what has everlasting value these days. He believes the on thing that may always have lasting value is water and natural resources.
The story you just read is available to read for free because thousands of listeners and readers like you generously support our nonprofit newsroom. Every day, the reporters and producers at The World are hard at work bringing you human-centered news from across the globe. But we can’t do it without you: We need your support to ensure we can continue this work for another year.
When you make a gift of $10 or more a month, we’ll invite you to a virtual behind-the-scenes tour of our newsroom to thank you for being with The World.