#421: The Birth Of The Dollar Bill
Before the Civil War, there were 8,000 different kinds of money in the United States.Banks...
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#420: The (Legal) Marijuana Business
Last month, two states voted to legalize recreational marijuana. A bunch of others states have...
#364: Should We Kill The Dollar Bill?
Note: This week's Congressional hearing on dollar coins prompted us to re-run this episode today....
#419: Taylor Swift, Helium, A Jelly-Like Mass and The Price Of Gas
On today's show: Four Planet Money stories that aired on the radio but haven't yet made it into...
#415: Can A Poor Country Start Over?
Today's show is the story of two men and one big idea.The big idea is that a poor country should...
#414: After The Flood, The Backup Plan
A monster storm flooded parts of the biggest city in America this week. Millions of people are...
#412: How To Fix The Patent Mess
Two big patent cases this summer in the smartphone industry:1. A jury finds that Samsung violated...
#411: Why Preschool Can Save The World
On today's show, we meet a self-described robber baron who decided to spend his billions on...
#410: Why K-Pop Is Taking Over The World
America used to lead the world in making cars. Now we don't. China does.We used to be the number...
#409: The 15-Year-Old Who Bought Two Houses
Loyal Planet Money listeners may remember Willow Tufano, the Florida teenager who bought a house....
#408: How To Hide Money From Your Spouse
Earlier this summer, we set up two shell companies in tax havens. On today's show, we continue...
Earlier this year, we created a presidential candidate. A fake candidate, sure. But a candidate...
#405: Cheating, Stealing And Quantitative Easing
Global trade wars. Small-time bike thieves. And what happens when the Fed talks big. On today's...
#404: What If You Controlled The Economy?
We play with a computer model of our broken economy and try to fix it. It turns out not to be so...
#402: Free Heroin, And Other Ideas That Won't Get You Elected
Earlier this summer, we assembled five prominent economists from across the political spectrum...
A cab ride through the streets of Manhattan. A cramped room in Brooklyn where a man makes...
#398: Obama, Ryan And Two Dead Economists
On today's show, we talk to Nicholas Wapshott, author of Keynes Hayek: The Clash That Defined...
#397: Why The Hero Of Harrisburg Couldn't Save The City
The city of Harrisburg, Pa owes over $1.5 billion. David Unkovic, the city's former receiver,...
#395: Maastricht, Marijuana And The European Dream
Maastricht is the home of the euro. It's the Dutch town where European leaders signed the treaty...
#394: Why Taxpayers Pay For Farmers' Insurance
In spite of the drought, many U.S. farmers will do just fine this year. They are, after all,...
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