Summer School 4: Marketing and the Ultimate Hose NozzleIn this session of Planet Money Summer School, we are getting the word out about your brand. How do you […]

Tackle your medical debt with Life KitThere’s an estimated $195 billion of medical debt in America. But just because a medical bill comes in the mail doesn’t mea […]

Did two honesty researchers fabricate their data?Dan Ariely and Francesca Gino are two of the biggest stars in behavioral science. Both have conducted blockbuster […]

Summer School 3: Accounting and The Last SupperUsually, the first class that an MBA student takes is accounting. That involves, yes, equations and counting […]

Planet Money Paper ClubWe here at Planet Money love economics papers. And that is also the case for so many of the economists we speak with. For them, new […]

Summer School 2: Competition and the cheaper sneakerFor episode 2 of Planet Money Summer School, we are talking strategy. You have your million dollar business […]

Surprise, you just signed a contract! How hidden contracts took over the internetWhen you make an account online or install an app, you are probably entering into a […]

Summer School 1: Planet Money goes to business schoolFind all episodes of Planet Money Summer School here. Planet Money Summer School is back! It’s the free e […]

The quest to save macroeconomics from itselfWhen it comes to big questions about the economy, we’re still kind of in the dark ages. Why do some economies grow s […]

Two Indicators: After Affirmative Action & why America overpays for subwaysTwo stories today. First, as we start to understand post-affirmative action America, we […]

Supply, demand, extinctionBack in the 90s, Ivan Lozano Ortega was in charge of Bogota’s wildlife rescue center. And he kept getting calls from the airport to come d […]

Planet Money Live: Two Truths and a LieThe shocks of the pandemic economy gave us a bunch of enormous natural experiments, which helped to prove or disprove […]

Mike The Mover vs. The Furniture PoliceIn 1978, a young man named Mike Shanks started a moving business in the north end of Seattle. It was just him and a truck […]

Twins (classic)Twins are used to fielding all sorts of questions, like “Can you read each other’s minds?” or “Can you feel each other’s pain?” Two of our Planet […]

The 60-day job racePeople come from all over the world to work in U.S. tech. And during the tech boom years, the industry relied heavily on foreign workers. This […]

Two Indicators: The economics of innovationInnovation is crucial for game-changing advancements in society, whether it’s treatments for serious diseases, d […]

The town that changed economicsIn the early 90s, when a young economist named Michael Kremer finished his PhD, there had been a few economic studies based on […]

The Spider-Man Problem (update)(Note: This episode originally ran back in 2022.) This past weekend, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse had the second largest […]

AI Podcast 3.0: Dial M for MechanizationIt’s the thrilling conclusion to our three-part series on AI — the world premiere of the first episode of Planet Money wri […]

AI Podcast 2.0: The host in the machineIn Part 1 of this series, AI proved that it could use real research and real interviews to write an original script for an […]