Planet Money
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Anatomy of a layoff
May 22, 202427 min
The hack that almost broke the internet
May 17, 202425 min
Why Gold? (Classic)
May 15, 202418 min
Zombie mortgages are coming back to life
May 10, 202430 min
Inside video game economics (Two Indicators)
May 8, 202418 min
The birth of the modern consumer movement
May 3, 202420 min
Hire Power (Update)
May 1, 202422 min
The case of the stolen masks
Apr 26, 202418 min
How unions are stopped before they start (Update)
Apr 24, 202432 min
FTX and the Serengeti of bankruptcy
Apr 19, 202425 min
Grocery prices, credit card debt, and your 401K (Two Indicators)
Apr 17, 202417 min
TikTok made me deduct it
Apr 12, 202420 min
How much does this cow weigh? (Classic)
Apr 10, 202417 min
Japan's Lost Decades
Apr 5, 202422 min
The real estate industry on trial
Apr 3, 202428 min
How much of your tax dollars are going to Israel and Ukraine
Mar 29, 202423 min
The trouble with Table 101 (Update)
Mar 27, 202424 min
What is Temu?
Mar 22, 202425 min
How Big Steel in the U.S. fell
Mar 20, 202422 min
The billion dollar war behind U.S. rum
Mar 15, 202423 min
Wind boom, wind bust (Two Windicators)
Mar 13, 202416 min
On the Oscars campaign trail
Mar 8, 202425 min
Is dynamic pricing coming to a supermarket near you?
Mar 6, 202425 min
Shopping for parental benefits around the world
Mar 1, 202429 min
The secret world behind school fundraisers
Feb 29, 202427 min
A controversial idea at the heart of Bidenomics
Feb 23, 202425 min
Two Indicators: Economics of the defense industry
Feb 21, 202419 min
How the Navy came to protect cargo ships
Feb 16, 202419 min
It's giving ... Valentines
Feb 15, 202426 min
A lawsuit for your broken heart
Feb 9, 202422 min
Morally questionable, economically efficient
Feb 7, 202424 min
Groundhog Day 2024: Trademark, bankruptcy, and the dollar that failed
Feb 2, 202426 min
The Chicken Tax (Classic)
Jan 31, 202415 min
Bonus: Janet Yellen on Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
Jan 29, 202410 min
Rescues at sea, and how to make a fortune
Jan 27, 202426 min
Hear us out: We ban left turns and other big ideas
Jan 24, 202423 min
Econ Battle Zone: Disinflation Confrontation
Jan 20, 202431 min
Mid-East conflict escalation, two indicators
Jan 17, 202416 min
The Maine Potato War of 1976
Jan 13, 202424 min
The Universal Basic Income experiment in Kenya
Jan 10, 202424 min
The case of the serial sinking Spanish ships
Jan 5, 202426 min
The Rest of the Story, 2023
Dec 29, 202325 min
The Indicators of this year and next
Dec 27, 202315 min
We buy a lot of Christmas trees (Update)
Dec 22, 202331 min
Dollarizing Argentina
Dec 21, 202324 min
How to be better at hybrid work, according to research
Dec 19, 202315 min
What econ says in the shadows
Dec 16, 202326 min
Why '90s ads are unforgettable
Dec 14, 202326 min
The U.S. economy's biggest superpower, explained
Dec 11, 202313 min
Why do doctors still use pagers?
Dec 8, 202326 min