Over the past decade, politicians from both parties have courted American voters with an enticing economic prospect – the dream of bringing manufacturing and manufacturing jobs back to America. They’ve pushed for that dream with…

Today on the show – our crypto president. Just before President Donald Trump began his second administration in January, he and his business partners launched the $TRUMP coin. It’s a memecoin that quickly raked in…

Over the last few months U.S.-China trade relations have been pretty hard to make sense of – unless you look at what’s happening through the lens of game theory. Game theory is all about how…

American universities are where people go to learn and teach. They’re also where research and development happens. Over the past eight decades, universities have received billions in federal dollars to help that happen. Those dollars…

You might have seen these texts before. The scam starts innocently enough. Maybe it’s a “Long time no see” or “Hello” or “How are you.” For investigative reporter Zeke Faux it was – “Hi David,…

Lately we’ve noticed that something we think about all the time here at Planet Money is having a viral moment: recession indicators! From the more practical (like sales for lipstick going up and men’s underwear…

Even though the 145% tariff on Chinese imports only lasted a month, it already inflicted its scars on the economy. Global trade is just not something you can turn off and on like that. Some…

The U.S. exports billions of dollars worth of agricultural products each year — things like soybeans, corn and pork. And over the last month, these exports have been caught up in a trade war. U.S.…

For decades, dollars have been the world’s common financial language. Central banks everywhere hold dollars as a way to safely store their wealth. Countries, businesses, and people use it to trade; around 90% of all…

Virtually every product brought into the United States must have a so-called “country of origin.” Think of it as the official place it comes from. And this is the country that counts for calculating tariffs.…