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Groundhog Day 2023
It's Groundhog Day, and once again, the eyes of the nation have turned to a small town in Western Pennsylvania. Every February 2nd, the only story an…
3 years, 2 months ago
To all the econ papers I've loved before
A great economics paper does two things. It takes on a big question, and it finds a smart way to answer that question.
But some papers go even further…
3 years, 2 months ago
The story of "Monopoly" and American capitalism
Monopoly is one of the best-selling board games in history.
The game's staying power may in part be because of strong American lore — the idea that a…
3 years, 2 months ago
Charles Ponzi's scheme
Some of history's biggest financial scams owe their name to Charles Ponzi. Here's the story of the man behind the eponymous scheme.
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3 years, 2 months ago
Big Rigged (Classic)
Driving a truck used to mean freedom. Now it means a mountain of debt.
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3 years, 2 months ago
Two Indicators: The 2% inflation target
If the Fed had a mantra to go along with its mandate, it might well be "two percent." We look into how that became the target inflation rate, why som…
3 years, 3 months ago
Planet Money Movie Club: It's a Wonderful Life
Welcome to the Planet Money Movie Club, a regular series from Planet Money+ in which we watch an economics-related movie and discuss! On today's epis…
3 years, 3 months ago
The economics lessons in kids' books
All sorts of lessons (even about economics) can be learned from kids' books. On today's show, we visit an elementary school to try to teach third gra…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Rest of the Story, 2022
It's that time of year again! Our annual year-end tradition of checking in on previous stories to hear what happened after the microphones stopped ru…
3 years, 3 months ago
Which economic indicator defined 2022?
2022 was a year of big economic changes. But what economic story most defined the year? Our hosts from Planet Money and The Indicator battle it out o…
3 years, 3 months ago