Planet Money

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The economy explained. Imagine you could call up a friend and say, "Meet me at the bar and tell me what's going on with the economy." Now imagine that's actually a fun evening.... more

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The podcast currently has 321 episodes available.

Planet Money episodes:

January 23, 2020 The Rise Of Putin
President Vladimir Putin recently proposed changes to the Russian Constitution in an attempt to consolidate power. Throughline asks, "How did he come to power in the first place?"
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29min
January 17, 2020 Das Green Old Deal
On today's show, we head to Germany to meet the person who kickstarted the green energy market and learn about the wonky policy tool that helped him do it.
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21min
January 16, 2020 BILLBOARDS
You can see billboards, and, increasingly, they can see you. We explore the power of billboards, and we put up our own in Times Square.
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25min
January 10, 2020 13,000 Economists. 1 Question.
We asked a bunch of economists at the American Economic Association's annual conference one question: What is the most useful idea in economics?
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22min
January 08, 2020 The Cost Of Free Doughnuts
Free is a powerful concept. Everybody likes free things, but free can backfire. On today's show: What happens when you take something that is free, and give it a price?
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21min
January 04, 2020 Advanced Fairness At The Marathon
With limited slots and high demand, the NYC Marathon has had to create a clever system to allocate a scarce resource as fairly as possible. Four lessons in fair allocation.
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24min
January 01, 2020 How Four Drinking Buddies Saved Brazil
In the 1990s, inflation in Brazil was so high that, for a very long time, prices had been increasing every day. Until four drinking buddies from grad school found a way to fix it.
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23min
December 27, 2019 The Rest Of The Story, 2019
We check in on the Universal Postal Union, what happened to the plane that got stuck in Iran, how much Mattress Mack lost betting on baseball, and more.
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24min
December 25, 2019 The Writers Revolt
In an era of peak television, screenwriters and their talent agents are fighting over the money. In April, 7,000 screenwriters fired all their agents on the same day.
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23min
December 21, 2019 Things We Learned in 2019
Tom Whitwell made an amazing list of 52 things he learned this year. We dig into our favorite items.
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22min

FAQs about Planet Money:

How many episodes does Planet Money have?

The podcast currently has 321 episodes available.