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Two ways AI is changing the business of crime (Two Indicators)

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Pre-order the Planet Money book here for your free gift. Our sister show, The Indicator, is chronic...

The Planet Money Game: Test our prototype

04 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s here! It’s free to download and playtest! It’s the Planet Money game! (Download here.)Dow...

We make a board game

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We want to make a board game. It must, of course, teach the world about economics. It must be fun. I...

How refrigeration took over the world

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The next time you open your fridge, take a second to behold the miracles inside of it: Raspberries f...

How Jane Street’s secret billion-dollar trade unraveled

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On Wall Street, fortunes are often won and lost with the tiniest advantages. And for the past few ye...

In Gaza, money is falling apart

20 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Israel has been blocking the flow of physical money into Gaza since the start of the war. So whateve...

When CEO pay exploded (update)

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

(Note: A version of this episode originally ran in 2016.)It’s no secret that CEOs get paid a ton –...

The U.S. now owns a big chunk of Intel. That’s a huge deal.

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last month, President Donald Trump announced an unusual deal. Intel, the biggest microchip maker in ...

Asking for a friend … which jobs are safe from AI?

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There’s one question we seem to be hearing everywhere: “Is my job safe from AI?” Dozens of you...

What happens to central banks under pressure?

06 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

President Donald Trump has been pressuring the Federal Reserve from a few angles. So we wanted to lo...

The million dollar mystery behind Milk.com

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When we stumbled upon Milk.com, we were mystified. It appears to be someone’s personal website. Bu...

Lisa Cook and the fight for the Fed

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Federal Reserve has been under intense pressure from President Donald Trump as he pushes for mor...

Summer School 8: Graduation LIVE!

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Get your own personalized summer school diploma here.Today on our final episode of Summer School 2...

Buy discount Ozempic here now click this link

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the past couple years, demand has gone wild for drugs like Ozempic – and its cousins, Zepbound,...

Summer School 7: Trade blocks and blockages

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tariffs are the favorite tool of our current president, but there are lots of other ways that govern...

When our inflation infeelings don’t match the CPI

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For most Americans, we just lived through the highest period of inflation in our lives. And we are r...

Summer School 6: When the markets need a designer

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In economics, a market is a place (even virtual) where buyers and sellers meet to exchange goods or ...

What happens when governments cook the books

09 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, economists and statisticians...

Summer School 5: The many ways governments influence industry

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

LIVE SHOW: August 18th in Brooklyn. Tickets here. Traditional economics says the market is guided by...

Would you trust an economist with your economy?

02 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Trust in experts is down. In all kinds of institutions and professions - in government, in media, in...

Summer School 4: Who are all these regulations protecting?

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

LIVE SHOW: August 18th in Brooklyn. Tickets here. There are occasional incentives in business that m...

The President's Golden Share in U.S. Steel

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

LIVE SHOW ALERT: August 18th, NYC. Get your tickets here. When news broke that a Japanese company, N...

Summer School 3: How government decides what to spend our money on

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Although it seems like the government can spend an endless amount of money, it cannot actually do al...

Why are we so obsessed with manufacturing?

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It seems like politicians cannot agree on a lot. But many seem to agree on... manufacturing. Leaders...

Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Act now to ensure public media remains free and accessible to all. Your donation will help this esse...

Summer School 2: How taxes change behavior and the economy

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We all know the government uses taxes to pay for things. But what about using taxes to control behav...

Made in America

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What people might picture when they think of "Made in America" ... might not look like the "Made in ...

Summer School 1: A government's role in the economy is to make us all richer

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Government. The Big G. We like to imagine the free market and the invisible hand as being independen...

The simple math of the big bill

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If we think about the economic effects of President Donald Trumps big taxing and spending and domest...

A thought experiment on how to fix the national debt problem

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There's an economic fantasy you sometimes hear in D.C. It often gets trotted out when politicians ar...

When Trump met crypto

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 2019, President Trump tweeted: "I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies." Today, the...

Econ Battle Zone: Budget Showdown

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Econ Battle Zone is back! On today's episode Mary Childs and Kenny Malone enter Econ Battle Stadium ...

The U.S. is the world's bribery cop. Is that about to change?

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The U.S. has been policing bribery all over the world for nearly half a century using a law called t...

Jay & Shai's debt ceiling adventure (Update)

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Note: A version of this episode first ran in 2023.Every year, the U.S. government spends more money ...

Why I joined DOGE

14 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What was it like to work inside Elon Musk's DOGE? The cost-cutting initiative promised transparency,...

Are Trump's tariffs legal?

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When President Trump announced his sweeping new tariffs this year, many trade law experts were start...

When Chinese manufacturing met Small Town, USA

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past decade, politicians from both parties have courted American voters with an enticing ec...

Trump's crypto interests (Two Indicators)

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the show – our crypto president. Just before President Donald Trump began his second admi...

The U.S.-China trade war, according to game theory

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Over the last few months U.S.-China trade relations have been pretty hard to make sense of – unles...

Why does the government fund research at universities?

Wed, 28 May

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

American universities are where people go to learn and teach. They're also where research and develo...

Why does the government fund research at universities?

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

American universities are where people go to learn and teach. They're also where research and develo...

The secret world behind those scammy text messages

Fri, 23 May

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

You might have seen these texts before. The scam starts innocently enough. Maybe it's a "Long time n...

The secret world behind those scammy text messages

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You might have seen these texts before. The scam starts innocently enough. Maybe it's a "Long time n...

How economists (and TikTok) know if a recession is coming

Wed, 21 May

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Lately we've noticed that something we think about all the time here at Planet Money is having a vir...

How economists (and TikTok) know if a recession is coming

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lately we've noticed that something we think about all the time here at Planet Money is having a vir...

The 145% tariff already did its damage

Fri, 16 May

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Even though the 145% tariff on Chinese imports only lasted a month, it already inflicted its scars o...

The 145% tariff already did its damage

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Even though the 145% tariff on Chinese imports only lasted a month, it already inflicted its scars o...

What happened to U.S. farmers during the last trade war

Wed, 14 May

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

The U.S. exports billions of dollars worth of agricultural products each year — things like soybea...

What happened to U.S. farmers during the last trade war

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The U.S. exports billions of dollars worth of agricultural products each year — things like soybea...

Is the reign of the dollar over?

Fri, 09 May

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

For decades, dollars have been the world's common financial language. Central banks everywhere hold ...

Is the reign of the dollar over?

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For decades, dollars have been the world's common financial language. Central banks everywhere hold ...

What "Made in China" actually means

Wed, 07 May

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Virtually every product brought into the United States must have a so-called "country of origin." Th...

What "Made in China" actually means

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Virtually every product brought into the United States must have a so-called "country of origin." Th...

Why it's so hard to find a public toilet

Fri, 02 May

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Why is it so hard to find a bathroom when you need one? In the U.S., we used to have lots of publicl...

Why it's so hard to find a public toilet

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why is it so hard to find a bathroom when you need one? In the U.S., we used to have lots of publicl...

Planet Money complains. To learn.

Wed, 30 Apr

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

On today's show: we're ... venting.We at Planet Money are an ensemble show – each with different c...

Planet Money complains. To learn.

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On today's show: we're ... venting.We at Planet Money are an ensemble show – each with different c...

How 23andMe's bankruptcy led to a run on the gene bank

Sat, 26 Apr

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Reporter Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi's Aunt Vovi signed up for 23andMe back in 2017, hoping to learn more a...

How 23andMe's bankruptcy led to a run on the gene bank

26 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Reporter Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi's Aunt Vovi signed up for 23andMe back in 2017, hoping to learn more a...

A primer on the Federal Reserve's independence

Wed, 23 Apr

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

President Donald Trump has been loudly critical of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for years now...

A primer on the Federal Reserve's independence

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

President Donald Trump has been loudly critical of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for years now...

How much for that egg

Fri, 18 Apr

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Recently, one of our NPR colleagues wrote a message to all of NPR saying he had extra eggs to sell f...

How much for that egg

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Recently, one of our NPR colleagues wrote a message to all of NPR saying he had extra eggs to sell f...

OIRA: The tiny office that's about to remake the federal government

Wed, 16 Apr

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

OIRA — the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs — is an obscure, but powerful federal of...

OIRA: The tiny office that's about to remake the federal government

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OIRA — the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs — is an obscure, but powerful federal of...

Trade war dispatch from Canada

Fri, 11 Apr

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

How do you run a business when a trade war is brewing? As President Trump's tariffs kick in - or are...

Trade war dispatch from Canada

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do you run a business when a trade war is brewing? As President Trump's tariffs kick in - or are...

Do trade deficits matter?

Wed, 09 Apr

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

At the heart of President Trump's tariffs is this idea that we should not be buying more from other ...

Do trade deficits matter?

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At the heart of President Trump's tariffs is this idea that we should not be buying more from other ...

How the War on Drugs got us... blueberries

Fri, 04 Apr

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Ever wondered why you can buy fresh Peruvian blueberries in the dead of winter? The answer, surprisi...

How the War on Drugs got us... blueberries

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wondered why you can buy fresh Peruvian blueberries in the dead of winter? The answer, surprisi...

Tariffs: What are they good for?

Wed, 02 Apr

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

What are tariffs good for?For years, mainstream economists have basically said: tariffs are not good...

Tariffs: What are they good for?

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What are tariffs good for?For years, mainstream economists have basically said: tariffs are not good...

PM x Radiolab: Can the economy grow forever?

Fri, 28 Mar

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Earth can sustain life for another 100 million years, but can we? This episode, we partner with Radi...

PM x Radiolab: Can the economy grow forever?

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Earth can sustain life for another 100 million years, but can we? This episode, we partner with Radi...

Planet Money buys a mystery diamond

Wed, 26 Mar

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

The deal seemed too good to be true. There's a website that's been selling top quality diamonds at b...

Planet Money buys a mystery diamond

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The deal seemed too good to be true. There's a website that's been selling top quality diamonds at b...

Can we just change how we measure GDP?

Fri, 21 Mar

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

There's one statistic that rules them all when it comes to keeping track of the economy: gross domes...

Can we just change how we measure GDP?

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There's one statistic that rules them all when it comes to keeping track of the economy: gross domes...

Escheat show (Update)

Wed, 19 Mar

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Note: This original episode ran in 2020.Walter Schramm did everything right as an investor — at le...

Escheat show (Update)

19 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Note: This original episode ran in 2020.Walter Schramm did everything right as an investor — at le...

How Tupperware took over our homes, with Decoder Ring

Fri, 14 Mar

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Tupperware is the stealthy star of our modern homes. These plastic storage containers are ubiquitous...

How Tupperware took over our homes, with Decoder Ring

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tupperware is the stealthy star of our modern homes. These plastic storage containers are ubiquitous...

The last time we shrank the federal workforce

Wed, 12 Mar

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

If you cut every single federal job President Donald Trump wants to cut, how much money would that s...

The last time we shrank the federal workforce

12 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you cut every single federal job President Donald Trump wants to cut, how much money would that s...

How to start a bank

Fri, 07 Mar

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

In some ways, starting a bank is a lot like starting any other business. Who will you hire? Where wi...

How to start a bank

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In some ways, starting a bank is a lot like starting any other business. Who will you hire? Where wi...

The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin

Wed, 05 Mar

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Memecoins are having a moment. Everyone from Hawk Tuah to President Donald Trump to animal influence...

The Parable of Peanut the Memecoin

05 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Memecoins are having a moment. Everyone from Hawk Tuah to President Donald Trump to animal influence...

The Memecoin Casino

Fri, 28 Feb

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

What do Moo Deng the pygmy hippo, social media sensation Hawk Tuah, and the President of the United ...

The Memecoin Casino

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What do Moo Deng the pygmy hippo, social media sensation Hawk Tuah, and the President of the United ...

The controversy over Tyson Foods' hiring of asylum seekers

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:09 +0000

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Last year, Tyson Foods shuttered a meat processing plant in Perry, Iowa. The company said it made th...

The controversy over Tyson Foods' hiring of asylum seekers

27 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last year, Tyson Foods shuttered a meat processing plant in Perry, Iowa. The company said it made th...

The rise and fall of Long Term Capital Management

Sat, 22 Feb

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

There's this cautionary tale, in the finance world, that nearly any trader can tell you. It's about ...

The rise and fall of Long Term Capital Management

22 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There's this cautionary tale, in the finance world, that nearly any trader can tell you. It's about ...

Can the president override Congress on spending?

Wed, 19 Feb

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

So the president can't spend more money than Congress has agreed and voted to spend. But can the pre...

Can the president override Congress on spending?

19 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

So the president can't spend more money than Congress has agreed and voted to spend. But can the pre...

The Big Government Money Pipe Freeze

Fri, 14 Feb

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

There has been chaotic uncertainty around billions of dollars allocated by Congress. The Trump admin...

The Big Government Money Pipe Freeze

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There has been chaotic uncertainty around billions of dollars allocated by Congress. The Trump admin...

The 'Crypto Wizard' vs. Nigeria

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 12:03:02 +0000

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

The trip that changed Tigran Gambaryan's life forever was supposed to be short — just a few days. ...

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