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Réka Juhász is a professor of economics at the University of British Columbia, and she studies what'

The Department of Defense's proposed budget for 2024 is $842 billion. That is about 3.5% of the U.S.

The Genco Picardy is not an American ship. It doesn't pay U.S. taxes, none of its crew are U.S. nati

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Keith King was upset when his marriage ended. His wife had cheated, and his family broke apart. And

There are tons of markets that don't exist because people just don't want to allow a market – for wh

It's Groundhog Day, and the eyes of the nation have turned to a small town in western Pennsylvania.

The Chicken Tax (Classic)

2024/1/31

Note: This episode originally ran in 2015.German families in the 60s loved tasty, cheap American-rai

Our friends at NPR's news quiz Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! recently had a very Planet Money guest on

At around 1 a.m. on the morning of November 15, 1994, Captain Prentice "Skip" Strong III woke to a d

On today's episode, we have three big economic ideas for your consideration – ideas that could poten

After very high inflation, the United States is finally feeling some relief in the form of "disinfla

On today's show, we look at two indicators of the economic disruptions of the war in Gaza and try to

When you think of a potato, one state probably comes to mind: Idaho. But for much of American histor

There's this fundamental question in economics that has proven really hard to answer: What's a good

Picture the Pacific Ocean of the 16th century. Spanish Galleons sail the wide open seas, carrying pr

The Rest of the Story, 2023

2023/12/29

It's that time of year again! Our annual year-end tradition of checking in on the stories we've repo

Today on the show, hosts from Planet Money and The Indicator debate the economic indicators of this

*Note: This episode originally ran in 2020*'Tis the season for Americans to head out in droves and b

Dollarizing Argentina

2023/12/21

Argentina has been on a decades-long search for economic stability, but it always seems to be out of