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In defense of gift giving
Cold economic reasoning says, supposedly, that gifts are inefficient transfers of wealth. But Planet Money host Jeff Guo believes in the economic vir…
3 years, 3 months ago
Two Indicators: The fight over ESG investing
"ESG" investing – Environmental, Social, Governance – has attracted a lot of attention from investors, and from Republican politicians who call it "w…
3 years, 3 months ago
The sports ticket price enigma
Inflation is making prices go up, except not for...sports tickets? So, we set out on a daylong sporting event marathon to learn why.
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3 years, 3 months ago
Spam call bounty hunter
Telemarketing calls are not only annoying; in some cases, they are illegal. Congress even gives you the right to sue scofflaw telemarketers for $500 …
3 years, 4 months ago
The case of the missing cheese racks
Jelle Peterse's company ships cheese all over the world, but they don't always get their cheese racks back. In this episode, we try to fix a supply c…
3 years, 4 months ago
When women stopped coding (Classic)
A lot of computing pioneers were women. For decades, the number of women in computer science was growing. But in 1984, something changed.
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3 years, 4 months ago