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What “Made in China” actually means

Virtually every product brought into the United States must have a so-called “country of origin.” Think of it as the official place it comes from. ...

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Why it’s so hard to find a public toilet

Why is it so hard to find a bathroom when you need one? In the U.S., we used to have lots of publicly accessible toilets. But many had locks on the doors and ...

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Planet Money complains. To learn.

On today’s show: we’re … venting. We at Planet Money are an ensemble show – each with different curiosities and styles. But we recently ...

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

Reporter Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi’s Aunt Vovi signed up for 23andMe back in 2017, hoping to learn more about the genetic makeup of her ancestors. Vovi was ...

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A primer on the Federal Reserve’s independence

President Donald Trump has been loudly critical of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for years now. Since January, the President has accused him of playing ...

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How much for that egg

Recently, one of our NPR colleagues wrote a message to all of NPR saying he had extra eggs to sell for cheap, but needed a fair way to distribute them during a ...

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

OIRA — the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs — is an obscure, but powerful federal office around the corner from the White House. President Trump ...

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Trade war dispatch from Canada

How do you run a business when a trade war is brewing? As President Trump’s tariffs kick in – or are paused or are restarted – businesses ...

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Do trade deficits matter?

At the heart of President Trump’s tariffs is this idea that we should not be buying more from other countries than they are buying from us. Basically, he ...

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How the War on Drugs got us… blueberries

Ever wondered why you can buy fresh Peruvian blueberries in the dead of winter? The answer, surprisingly, is tied to cocaine. Today on the show, we look at how ...

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