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 […]

Why the price of Coke didn’t change for 70 years (classic)Prices go up. Occasionally, prices go down. But for 70 years, the price of a bottle of Coca-Cola didn’t c […]

A man, a plan, wind power, UruguayIn 2007, Uruguay had a massive problem with no obvious fix. The economy of this country of 3.5 million people was growing, but […]

The flight attendants of CHAOSWhen contract negotiations between Alaska Airlines and their flight attendants’ union broke down in 1993, the union had a choice t […]

A trucker hat mystery, the curse of September and other listener questionsBa-dee-yah! Say do you remember? Ba-dee-yah! Questions in September! That’s right – it’ […]

The natural disaster economistThere seems to be headlines about floods, wildfires, or hurricanes every week. Scientists say this might be the new normal — that c […]