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Groundhog Day 2024: Trademark, bankruptcy, and the dollar that failed

2024/2/2
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Kenny Malone: Planet Money节目组面临一个年度诅咒，必须报道二月二日发生的经济新闻。只有找到足够重要和有趣的经济故事才能打破诅咒。节目组尝试寻找二月二日注册的商标、破产案例和美元硬币发行等事件作为故事素材。 Amanda Aronczyk: 只关注历史上二月二日发生的事件，可以帮助节目讲述那些看似微小但构成经济整体的日常事件，这些事件具有实际价值。 Jennifer Jenkins: 商标是公司用来宣示其品牌特殊名称、标语或其他标识性事物所有权的方式。 Kate Waldock: 破产主要分为两种类型：第7章破产（公司停止运营）和第11章破产（公司寻求重组）。 Donas Tucker: 苏珊·B·安东尼美元硬币的发行是一场国家级的争议。美国政府为了降低纸币印刷成本而发行这种硬币，但由于其与25美分硬币外观过于相似，导致人们难以区分，最终发行失败。

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The Planet Money hosts are under a yearly curse to report only on Groundhog Day stories. They search for interesting economic stories from past February 2nds to break the curse. This year, they explore trademarks, bankruptcies, and the failed Susan B. Anthony dollar.
  • Planet Money hosts face a yearly Groundhog Day curse.
  • They seek economic stories from past February 2nds.
  • The curse will be broken if they find good enough stories.

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It's Groundhog Day, and the eyes of the nation have turned to a small town in western Pennsylvania. And, just like last year, all anyone can talk about is Punxsutawney Phil! It is impossible to find a news story that is not about one furry prognosticator.Well, almost impossible...Once again, our Planet Money hosts find themselves trapped in the endless Groundhog Day news cycle, and their only way out is to discover an economics story *from Groundhog Day itself *interesting enough to appease the capricious Groundhog Gods! So rise and shine campers (and don't forget your booties) as hosts Kenny Malone and Amanda Aronczyk scour the news of February 2nds past, to try to find the perfect story.*This episode was hosted by Kenny Malone and Amanda Aronczyk. It was produced by Sam Yellowhorse Kesler. It was edited by Keith Romer, and engineered by Valentina Rodríguez Sánchez. It was fact-checked by James Sneed. Our executive producer is Alex Goldmark.Help support Planet Money and get bonus episodes by subscribing to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts) or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney).*Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)