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Grocery prices, credit card debt, and your 401K (Two Indicators)

What's going on with consumers? This is one of the trickiest puzzles of this weird economic...

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TikTok made me deduct it

TikTok, and other apps like it, are filled with financial advice. Some of it is reliable, some......

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How much does this cow weigh? (Classic)

This episode originally ran in 2015. About one hundred years ago, a scientist and statistician...

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• 8 días

Japan's Lost Decades

Last month, Japan's central bank raised interest rates for the first time in 17 years. That is a...

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The real estate industry on trial

In 2019, Mike Ketchmark got a call. Mike is a lawyer in Kansas City, Missouri, and his friend,...

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• 15 días

How much of your tax dollars are going to Israel and Ukraine

There's been a lot of disagreement in Congress and in the country about whether the U.S. should...

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The trouble with Table 101 (Update)

(Note: This episode originally ran in 2020.) In the restaurant game, you need to make the most...

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• 22 días

What is Temu?

It is rare that a new e-commerce company has such a meteoric rise as Temu. The company, which...

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How Big Steel in the U.S. fell

Steel manufacturing was at one point the most important industry in the United States. It was one...

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The billion dollar war behind U.S. rum

When you buy a bottle of rum in the United States, by law nearly all the federal taxes on that...

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Wind boom, wind bust (Two Windicators)

The wind power business is a bit contradictory right now. It's showing signs of boom and bust...

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On the Oscars campaign trail

When you sit down to watch the Oscars, what you are really watching is the final battle in a...

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Is dynamic pricing coming to a supermarket near you?

Dynamic pricing is an increasingly common phenomenon: You can see it when Uber prices surge...

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Shopping for parental benefits around the world

It is so expensive to have a kid in the United States. The U.S. is one of just a handful of...

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The secret world behind school fundraisers

Fundraising is a staple of the school experience in the U.S. There's an assembly showing off all...

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A controversial idea at the heart of Bidenomics

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

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Two Indicators: Economics of the defense industry

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

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How the Navy came to protect cargo ships

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

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It's giving ... Valentines

L, is for the way you Listen to Planet Money O, is for the Only podcast I hear V, is Very,...

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A lawsuit for your broken heart

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

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