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

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

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The Chicken Tax (Classic)

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

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Bonus: Janet Yellen on Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

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

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Rescues at sea, and how to make a fortune

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

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Hear us out: We ban left turns and other big ideas

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

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Econ Battle Zone: Disinflation Confrontation

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

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Mid-East conflict escalation, two indicators

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

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The Maine Potato War of 1976

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

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The Universal Basic Income experiment in Kenya

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

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The case of the serial sinking Spanish ships

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

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The Rest of the Story, 2023

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

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The Indicators of this year and next

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

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We buy a lot of Christmas trees (Update)

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

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Dollarizing Argentina

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

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How to be better at hybrid work, according to research

The research keeps coming in on remote work. New evidence suggests working from home, at least...

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What econ says in the shadows

Economics Job Market Rumors is a website that's half a job information Wiki, where people post...

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Why '90s ads are unforgettable

Maybe she's born with it, maybe it's __________. The best part of waking up, is _______ in...

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The U.S. economy's biggest superpower, explained

What if you could borrow money on the cheap and use it to pay for just about anything? The U.S....

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Why do doctors still use pagers?

Remember pagers? They were huge in the 80s — these little devices that could receive short...

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Two food and drink indicators

Today on the show, we have two episodes from our daily podcast, The Indicator, about things we...

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