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Episodes

How much does this cow weigh? (Classic)
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This episode originally ran in 2015. About one hundred years ago, a scientist and statistician named Francis Galston came upon an opportunity to test how well regular people were at answering a questio
Apr 10, 2024
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Japan's Lost Decades
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Last month, Japan's central bank raised interest rates for the first time in 17 years. That is a really big deal, because it means that one of the spookiest stories in modern economics might finally ha
Apr 5, 2024
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The real estate industry on trial
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In 2019, Mike Ketchmark got a call. Mike is a lawyer in Kansas City, Missouri, and his friend, Brandon Boulware, another lawyer, was calling about a case he wanted Mike to get involved with. Mike was a
Apr 3, 2024
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How much of your tax dollars are going to Israel and Ukraine
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There's been a lot of disagreement in Congress and in the country about whether the U.S. should continue to financially support the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. Some taxpayers don't think the U.S. should
Mar 29, 2024
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The trouble with Table 101 (Update)
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(Note: This episode originally ran in 2020 .) In the restaurant game, you need to make the most of every table every minute you are open. And you need to make sure your guests are happy, comfortable, a
Mar 27, 2024
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What is Temu?
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It is rare that a new e-commerce company has such a meteoric rise as Temu. The company, which launched in the fall of 2022, has been flooding the American advertising market, buying much of the invento
Mar 22, 2024
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How Big Steel in the U.S. fell
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Steel manufacturing was at one point the most important industry in the United States. It was one of the biggest employers, a driver of economic growth, and it shaped our national security. Cars, weapo
Mar 20, 2024
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The billion dollar war behind U.S. rum
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When you buy a bottle of rum in the United States, by law nearly all the federal taxes on that rum must be sent to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It's an unusual system that Congress designed
Mar 15, 2024
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Wind boom, wind bust (Two Windicators)
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The wind power business is a bit contradictory right now. It's showing signs of boom and bust seemingly all at once. The story of wind energy markets in two acts today. First, the Gulf of Mexico saw it
Mar 13, 2024
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On the Oscars campaign trail
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When you sit down to watch the Oscars, what you are really watching is the final battle in a months-long war of financial engineering and campaign strategy. Because in Hollywood, every year is an elect
Mar 8, 2024
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Is dynamic pricing coming to a supermarket near you?
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Dynamic pricing is an increasingly common phenomenon: You can see it when Uber prices surge during rainy weather , or when you're booking a flight at the last minute or buying tickets to your favorite
Mar 6, 2024
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Shopping for parental benefits around the world
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It is so expensive to have a kid in the United States. The U.S. is one of just a handful of countries worldwide with no federal paid parental leave; it offers functionally no public childcare (and priv
Mar 1, 2024
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The secret world behind school fundraisers
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Fundraising is a staple of the school experience in the U.S. There's an assembly showing off all the prizes kids can win by selling enough wrapping paper or chocolate to their neighbors. But it's prett
Feb 29, 2024
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A controversial idea at the heart of Bidenomics
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Réka Juhász is a professor of economics at the University of British Columbia, and she studies what's known as industrial policy. That's the general term for whenever the government tries to promote
Feb 23, 2024
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Two Indicators: Economics of the defense industry
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The Department of Defense's proposed budget for 2024 is $842 billion. That is about 3.5% of the U.S.'s GDP. The military buys everything from pens and paper clips to fighter jets and submarines. But th
Feb 21, 2024
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How the Navy came to protect cargo ships
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The Genco Picardy is not an American ship. It doesn't pay U.S. taxes, none of its crew are U.S. nationals, and when it sailed through the Red Sea last month, it wasn't carrying cargo to or from an Amer
Feb 16, 2024
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It's giving ... Valentines
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L, is for the way you Listen to Planet Money O, is for the Only podcast I hear V, is Very, very, fiduciary E, is for... ECONOMICS! Every February, we dedicate a show to the things in our lives that hav
Feb 15, 2024
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A lawsuit for your broken heart
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Keith King was upset when his marriage ended. His wife had cheated, and his family broke apart. And that's when he learned about a very old type of lawsuit, called a heart balm tort. A lawsuit that wou
Feb 9, 2024
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Morally questionable, economically efficient
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There are tons of markets that don't exist because people just don't want to allow a market – for whatever reason, people feel icky about putting a price on something. For example: Surrogacy is a leg
Feb 7, 2024
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Groundhog Day 2024: Trademark, bankruptcy, and the dollar that failed
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It's Groundhog Day, and the eyes of the nation have turned to a small town in western Pennsylvania. And, just like last year, all anyone can talk about is Punxsutawney Phil! It is impossible to find a
Feb 2, 2024
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