Planet Money
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Middlegarchs are the new Oligarchs
Sep 25, 202630 min
Is our national debt finally too much? (update)
Sep 23, 202629 min
The Domino’s Pizza Tracker Theory of Everything
Sep 18, 202632 min
How investing is getting riskier (Two Indicators)
Sep 16, 202618 min
The loan at the heart of a new foreclosure crisis
Sep 11, 202629 min
Cost-cutting, quiet guilt and the inflation generation
Sep 9, 202624 min
Trump drinks Venezuela’s milkshake
Sep 5, 202625 min
Love in the time of Palantir
Sep 2, 202625 min
Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5,” the true story behind the anthem (bonus)
Aug 30, 202622 min
Branded fruit: How produce got “Honeycrisp-ified"
Aug 28, 202633 min
The continent nobody owns & everyone benefits from (Summer School)
Aug 26, 202640 min
Who decides what big box sells? Our GAME got us answers
Aug 21, 202637 min
Getting entrepreneurial in Korea (Summer School)
Aug 19, 202640 min
You bet your life insurance
Aug 14, 202638 min
Currency Chaos in Argentina (Summer School)
Aug 12, 202639 min
Older workers aren’t retiring. Should they be forced to?
Aug 7, 202634 min
Sand heists and property rights in the Caribbean (Summer School)
Aug 5, 202640 min
What makes a toy go viral
Jul 31, 202625 min
How to beat the resource curse in Norway (Summer School)
Jul 29, 202638 min
Piles of cash and a town of solutions in Kenya, Nigeria (Summer School)
Jul 24, 202638 min
Big Lettuce meets Small Intestine
Jul 22, 202625 min
New NPR Series: "We Keep Us Safe" from the Embedded podcast
Jul 21, 20263 min
Can World Cup mania grow MLS in the U.S.?
Jul 17, 202626 min
Building things and breaking things in China (Summer School World Tour)
Jul 15, 202638 min
Seven allegedly fake Chanel bags vs The RealReal
Jul 10, 202625 min
Our mission: Find the world’s best economic ideas (Summer School World Tour)
Jul 8, 202637 min
How to win a penalty shootout (with game theory)
Jul 3, 202617 min
Can the Trump administration make college cheaper?
Jul 1, 202628 min
We almost had a smartphone in the 90s. Why did it fail?
Jun 26, 202626 min
Before Kalshi and Polymarket there was the Iowa Electronic Markets
Jun 24, 202622 min
The real horror of ‘Alien’ and how it explains why we’re not paid enough
Jun 19, 202632 min
Can computer hackers get inside your mind?
Jun 17, 202629 min
It’s my tree. Why can’t I cut it down?
Jun 12, 202625 min
Two indicators for lowering the rent
Jun 10, 202617 min
Why is there a supplement craze if they don’t even work?
Jun 5, 202634 min
There's no business like dough business
Jun 3, 202627 min
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food
May 29, 202635 min
The leaked tapes that show how the rich avoid taxes
May 27, 202626 min
The giant factory town that might be a giant mistake
May 22, 202626 min
Vacation and why Americans take so little
May 20, 202625 min
Jerome Powell and the Future of Fed Independence
May 15, 202628 min
The secret meeting that launched OPEC
May 13, 202627 min
Diary of a WNBA negotiator
May 9, 202629 min
How we got free agents in baseball
May 6, 202628 min
How to make a BOOK into a bestseller
May 2, 202646 min
Spirit Airlines and the future of cheap flights
Apr 29, 202625 min
Battlefield rare earths: How the U.S. lost to China
Apr 24, 202634 min
Live: Anthropic co-founder on AI and jobs
Apr 22, 202629 min
Do prediction market bettors make anything better?
Apr 18, 202632 min
How to get through the Strait of Hormuz
Apr 14, 202618 min