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The U.S. once had a monopoly on rare earths. How it lost to China

Planet Money tells the story of how the U.S. lost to China on rare earths.

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Emily Feng
Emily Feng is NPR's Beijing correspondent.
Kenny Malone
Kenny Malone is a cohost for NPR's Planet Money podcast. Before that, he was a reporter for WNYC's Only Human podcast. Before that, he was a reporter for Miami's WLRN. And before that, he was a reporter for his friend T.C.'s homemade newspaper, Neighborhood News.