Robert Smith
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1,476 appearances
11 recordings
6 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 8 Jul
Robert Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Then we'll have our very own guide to the country teach us a few economic lessons we can carry back in our carry-on.
This season, we'll hit China, South Korea, Nigeria, Norway, Argentina, and a few more surprises.
But today we start as far away as you can get from Planet Money headquarters, New Zealand and Australia.
Our guide today is as Aussie as they get.
Justin Wolfers, economics professor at the University of Michigan and the host of the new YouTube channel and podcast, Platypus Economics.
I guess as an Australian, koala economics was already taken.
Oh, no.
When you spend a semester abroad, you have to learn to appreciate the local humor, I guess.
Okay, Justin, as our first country guide, you can answer the big question for the entire series.
Why spend time looking at how economics works in different countries?
Which is interesting, right?
The principles of economics are the same wherever we go, for every person, every community.
But each country has different demographics, different leadership, different expectations.
So who actually benefits from an economic exchange, say a market, can be a political choice.
So using that metaphor, I guess today we're looking at Australian rules economics, which is a cross between rugby and John Maynard Keynes in short shorts.
After our break, our Aussie guide will show us an innovative market for the most important substance on Earth.
We'll tell you what it is after the break.
And we'll hear from a New Zealand jazz musician who also happened to figure out the way that the U.S.
uses to fight inflation.
The Planet Money Summer School Charter Jet has just touched down in New South Wales, Australia.
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