How to be better at hybrid work, according to research The research keeps coming in on remote work. New evidence suggests working from home, at least full-time, may […]

What econ says in the shadows Economics Job Market Rumors is a website that’s half a job information Wiki, where people post about what’s going on inside eco […]

Why ’90s ads are unforgettable Maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s __________. The best part of waking up, is _______ in your cup! Got ____? If you can ide […]

The U.S. economy’s biggest superpower, explained What if you could borrow money on the cheap and use it to pay for just about anything? The U.S. government can, and […]

Why do doctors still use pagers? Remember pagers? They were huge in the 80s — these little devices that could receive short messages. Sir Mix-A-Lot even had a s […]

Two food and drink indicators Today on the show, we have two episodes from our daily podcast, The Indicator, about things we spend a lot of time thinking about […]

Why are we so bummed about the economy? Would you say that you and your family are better off or worse off, financially, than you were a year ago? Do you think in […]

So you want to sell marijuana across state lines In the state of Oregon, there is a glut of grass. A wealth of weed. A crisis of chronic. And, jokes aside, it’s a […]

A very Planet Money Thanksgiving Here at Planet Money, Thanksgiving is not just a time to feast on turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casseroles and […]

Economic fact in literary fiction Some of the most influential and beloved novels of the last few years have been about money, finance, and the global economy. […]

China’s real estate crisis, explained China’s economic growth for the past few decades has been extraordinary. And much of that growth was fueled by real estate – […]

The alleged theft at the heart of ChatGPT When best-selling thriller writer Douglas Preston began playing around with OpenAI’s new chatbot, ChatGPT, he was, at f […]

Never have I ever The world of economics has these two different sides. One one side, there are the economists in their cozy armchairs and dusty libraries, high up […]

FTC Chair Lina Khan on Antitrust in the age of Amazon When Lina Khan was in law school back in 2017, she wrote a law review article called ‘Amazon’s Antitrust Par […]

Antitrust in America (classic) Earlier this fall, the Federal Trade Commission filed a high-stakes lawsuit against Amazon. In that suit, the FTC claims Amazon is a […]

All you can eat economics You might expect to find economic concepts in the pages of an economics textbook. But you know where you can really see a lot of economic […]

Cutting school… by 20% Right now, a lot of school districts across the country are making a pretty giant change to the way public education usually works. Facing […]

How unions are stopped before they start Union membership in the U.S. has been declining for decades. But, in 2022, support for unions among Americans was the […]

Indicator exploder: jobs and inflationWhen someone says “the economy is doing well”—what does that even mean? Like, for workers, for employers, for the count […]

Maria Bamford gets personal (about) financeNote: There is swearing in this episode. In 2017, The University of Minnesota asked comedian Maria Bamford to give their […]