Bingo! (Presidential debate edition) Campaigns can be a jargony slog. And this year, we are seeing a lot of economic terms being thrown around, many of which… a […]

How to fix a housing shortage When Cody Fischer decided to get into real estate development, he had a vision. He wanted to build affordable, energy efficient […]

Summer School 8: Big ideas and life lessons from Marx, Keynes and Smith and more Take the 2024 Planet Money Summer School Quiz here to earn your personalized […]

The trade fraud detective When David Rashid took over US autoparts maker Plews and Edelmann, the company was losing business to its Chinese rival, Qingdao Sunsong. […]

Summer School 7: The Great Depression, the New Deal and how it changed our economy Find all the episodes from this season here. And past seasons here. And follow […]

The hidden world behind your new “banking” app You might have seen ads for online banking services that seem to offer a lot of great stuff — accounts you can open i […]

Summer School 6: China, Taiwan and how nations grow rich Episodes each Wednesday through labor day. Find all the episodes from this season here. And past seasons […]

Will the Olympics break breakdancing? For some sports, picking the winner is simple: It’s the athlete who crosses the finish line first, or the side that scores t […]

Summer School 5: 250 years of trade history in three chapters Episodes each Wednesday through labor day. Find all the episodes from this season here. And past […]

What to do when you’re in a class action Maybe you got a boring slip of paper in the mail. Maybe you got a spammy-looking email promising you money. Surprise! […]

Summer School 4: Banker vs president and the birth of the dollar Episodes each Wednesday through labor day. Find all the episodes from this season here. And past […]

Summer School 3: The first stock and perpetual life Episodes each Wednesday through labor day. Find all the episodes from this season here. And past seasons here. […]

What Kamala Harris’ economic agenda might look like Last weekend we were all thrown for a loop when President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and […]

The color monopoly In 2022, artist Stuart Semple opened up his laptop to find that all his designs had turned black overnight. All the colors, across files on […]

Summer School 2: The golden ages of labor and looms Who has the power? Workers or bosses? It changes through the ages, though it’s usually the bosses. Today, we l […]

Rooftop solar’s dark side 4.5 million households in the U.S. have solar panels on their homes. Most of those customers are happy with it – their electricity bills h […]

Summer School 1: An Economic History of the World Planet Money Summer School is back for eight weeks. Join as we travel back in time to find the origins of our […]

How flying got so bad (or did it?) We often hear that air travel is worse than it’s ever been. Gone are the days when airplanes touted piano bars and meat carving s […]

The two companies driving the modern economy At the core of most of the electronics we use today are some very tiny, very powerful chips. Semiconductor chips. And […]

Do immigrants really take jobs and lower wages? We wade into the heated debate over immigrants’ impact on the labor market. When the number of workers in a city i […]