#326: Why Does A Taxi Medallion Cost $1 Million?
Last month here in New York City, two taxi medallions, the metal plates that make it legal to...
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#325: Housing, Weddings, Space, Bacon
For today's show, we've collected four Planet Money radio stories that never made it to the...
#324: A Financial Adviser Bets The House
Financial planner Carl Richards tells us how he got sucked into the financial mess just like the...
#323: From Harvard Economist To Casino CEO
Gary Loveman used to be an economics professor at Harvard Business School. He studied things like...
Nevada's an economic disaster zone, with the nation's highest rate of both unemployment and...
#319: Inside Washington's Money Machine
On today's show, we go inside the rooms in Washington where the daily grind of campaign finance —...
#317: Will Economic Growth Destroy The Planet?
Economists love economic growth. It's an essential driver of rising living standards.But on...
#316: What If We Paid Off The Debt?
We got our hands on a secret government report outlining what once looked like a potential...
#315: France And Germany, A Love Story
Germany and France are a couple tied together by fate.In the beginning, they were always at each...
It seems unlikely that Greece will be able to avoid defaulting on its loans. The real question is...
On today's show, we talk to Daniel Yergin, one of the world's most influential thinkers about...
#312: What Is Occupy Wall Street?
We went downtown this week to talk to the protesters at Occupy Wall Street.We asked people why...
On today's show, we visit a place where global economic forces converge: Colo, Iowa.The price of...
In the 1980s, Satyajit Das worked for a finance company that owned a large stake in an...
For today's show, we've collected four Planet Money radio stories that never made it to the...
#308: The Dream Of Europe And The Bailout Of Greece
Germany's parliament votes next week on whether to go ahead with the next phase of the Greek...
On today's show: Toxie, Planet Money's pet toxic asset, died last year. But we learned recently...
#306: Germany's Painful Solution To High Unemployment
The unemployment rate is disastrously high in the U.S. and much of Europe. But the rate in...
#305: When Congress Plays Chicken
In a classic game of chicken, two cars race toward each other. The loser is the person who...
#304: The Ghost That Haunts Europe's Debt Crisis
In Germany, a cab driver can quote you the inflation rate off the top of his head. A big bank has...
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