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Spirit Airlines and the future of cheap flightsIt’s way more than fuel costs that pushed Spirit Airlines to the brink of liquidation and led President Trump to m […]
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Battlefield rare earths: How the U.S. lost to ChinaAt one point in history, one U.S. company monopolized the rare earths industry. Then China took over the […]
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Live: Anthropic co-founder on AI and jobsWe talk with Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark and Chief Economist at Redfin Daryl Fairweather about two of the biggest […]
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Do prediction market bettors make anything better?Have you noticed a lot of young people getting into antenna-maxxing as alpha? Or, maybe searching for any bit of […]
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How to get through the Strait of HormuzThe United States has been at war with Iran since February 28th. And for a month and a half, Iran’s main leverage over t […]
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BOOKstore EconomicsHow do bookstores choose the books they stock, and how does that affect what customers read? It may not seem like it, but every shelf in a […]
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A pro-worker experiment in private equityLive event info and tickets here. If your company got bought by a private equity firm, how would you feel? Maybe a […]
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NPR wrote a new post 3 months ago
Reese’s heir vs. chocolate skimpflationLive event info and tickets here. When ingredient costs skyrocket, companies have three basic options: They can raise their […]
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Dark times for Cuba’s economic experimentLive event info and tickets here. For more than 60 years, Cuba has survived on two seemingly contradictory economic […]
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NPR wrote a new post 3 months, 1 week ago
The skyscrapers that NIMBYs and zoning couldn’t stopLIVE SHOW TOUR INFO HERE. New stories, live tapings, special guests, book signings and more. What would you […]
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NPR wrote a new post 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Our BOOK vs. the global supply chainWhen you come across a book at a yard sale or a bookstore, you might pay more attention to the words between the covers than […]
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NPR wrote a new post 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Inside a BOOK auctionIn the age of TikTok and Polymarket, it can be easy to overlook the humble book. But books are one of the most influential technologies ever […]
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NPR wrote a new post 3 months, 3 weeks ago
The little pet fish that saved a town in the AmazonThe cardinal tetra is one of the most popular pet fish in the world. They look like little red and blue […]
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NPR wrote a new post 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Chef vs. RobotRobby the chef has lots of endearing qualities. He can make over 5000 dishes, he’s a consistent cook, and he’s never late for work. But he’s not a […]
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NPR wrote a new post 3 months, 4 weeks ago
The laws of the office revisitedLive event info and tickets here. If something is going wrong in your workplace, there’s probably a law that explains why. M […]
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NPR wrote a new post 4 months ago
Planet Money vs. the NBA’s tanking problemWhat do we want from sports? The very best athletes competing as hard as they know how, putting all their effort and […]
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NPR wrote a new post 4 months ago
The Business of Heated RivalryHeated Rivalry, the steamy hockey romance show, was made for about $2 million per episode. That is remarkably cheap for an […]
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NPR wrote a new post 4 months, 1 week ago
Don’t hate the replicator, hate the gameThe world of science has been stuck in an existential crisis over whether we actually know the things we thought we knew. […]
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NPR wrote a new post 4 months, 1 week ago
The ICE hiring boomLive event info and tickets here. ICE is scaling up, with rapid new hiring. So we ask, has training new officers changed? At what […]
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NPR wrote a new post 4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Supreme Court struck down a bunch of Trump’s tariffs. Now what?Live event info and tickets here. The Supreme Court has spoken. Those big, sweeping tariffs that […]
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