On today’s show, we’re answering listener questions from the Planet Money inbox. Like, who really benefits from retail coupons? And why are ...

It’s fall, so on this episode, we’re taking you back to school. First, what sorority rush can teach us about a particular kind of market. Then, how ...

Taiwan is at the center of a global feud. Its main defense may be what some call its “Silicon Shield” — its powerful semiconductor industry. On ...

Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister of the UK, was determined to change the British economy. Instead, her government’s mini-budget helped kick off a ...

A lot of restaurants took a hit during the pandemic. And when they struggled to find workers, some found surprising solutions. On today’s show, what ...

Today on the show, how we got from mealy, nasty apples to apples that taste delicious. The story starts with a breeder who discovered a miracle apple. But ...

What happens when you take some of the most powerful people in America — federal judges — and teach them economics? We look at the swanky econ retreats that ...

Texas’s energy grid is largely disconnected from the rest of the U.S. That led to disastrous consequences last year when the state’s grid was ...

We’re not in a recession, but why are the vibes feeling so off? We put the question to an economist and one expert on “vibes” and also hire a ...

Eddie Oygur is an Australian businessman who’s sold sheepskin ugg boots for years. But one day, he was hit with a lawsuit for breaking American trademark ...

On today’s show – how your social circle is one of the strongest predictors of economic mobility and how pop music reflects the economy. Subscribe ...

A practically brand new Lexus with a New Jersey inspection sticker lands on an auto body lot in Turkmenistan. How did it get there? To find out, we journey ...

High gas prices have fueled speculation and investigations — is anyone raising prices and keeping prices high for profit? To find out, we break down the price ...

Productivity is our economic measure for how far our work goes, as individuals and as a society over all. It plays an important role in determining our quality ...

Sometimes online shopping can feel a little unsavory. There are the listings that make you question if you’ll really be getting exactly what’s ...

The Federal Reserve plays a very important role in the economy. When things start to look uncertain, the central bank is tasked with stepping in to restore ...

Congress just passed the biggest, most ambitious climate bill in history. And it’s called … the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. What’s with ...

International trade is the web of cross-border relationships that binds economies together. Because of trade we have access to cheaper, higher-quality goods, ...

The carried interest tax loophole is a way that wealthy Americans – often the people who manage hedge funds or private equity firms – avoid paying billions of ...

You can learn a lot about a person from their job. The same can be said of an economy. The market for jobs can us a lot about how the economy is doing, but ...