Some of history’s biggest financial scams owe their name to Charles Ponzi. Here’s the story of the man behind the eponymous scheme. Subscribe to ...
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Driving a truck used to mean freedom. Now it means a mountain of debt. Subscribe to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney See ...
If the Fed had a mantra to go along with its mandate, it might well be “two percent.” We look into how that became the target inflation rate, why ...
Welcome to the Planet Money Movie Club, a regular series from Planet Money+ in which we watch an economics-related movie and discuss! On today’s episode, ...
Xi Jinping recently secured his third term as China’s president – so we’re looking at two shocks to the world’s second-largest economy. ...
We got our hands on the long-lost “Inflation” song, and now it’s time to put it out into the world. So, we started a record label, and ...
We try to start a real record label. Just to put one song out there. It’s a song about inflation, recorded in 1975… and never released. Until now. ...
When it comes to international trade and finance, everyone pretty much speaks one language: the U.S. dollar. So when the Federal Reserve hikes interest rates ...
How do you mend a broken bill? On this classic episode, we visit the Mutilated Currency Division. Subscribe to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at ...
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 ...