Robert Smith
speaker
2,515 appearances
7 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 26 Aug
Robert Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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That's how countries climb from making t-shirts to silicon chips to the highest rung of the ladder, which is squid game.
And one way to climb that ladder is to follow the geese.
Oliver.
Oliver Kim is an economist at Coefficient Giving, a philanthropy that supports economic growth in developing countries.
Thanks, Oliver.
If you want more examples of how trade barriers can have unexpected consequences, like we heard in that story from Bangladesh, may I recommend our new book, Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life.
Take a look here, I have it right here, take a look at page 49.
It's headlined The Chicken Tax.
I'll let you figure out what that means.
Remember to join us for the final episode next week, where we will tell you how to access.
The final exam and get your souvenir diploma suitable for LinkedIn bragging rights.
I suspect you will all pass.
Summer School is produced by Sophia Plizakar and Skylar Swenson.
It's edited by Alex Goldmark and fact-checked by Charlotte Isidore.
This show is engineered by On Lee Wong.
I'm Robert Smith.
If you can't tell, I am obsessed with economic history and I have a new show that tells all of the great stories.
It's called Business History.
Check it out.
This, where I'm talking right now, this is NPR.
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