The Chicken Tax (Classic)
World Today
February 01, 2024
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Note: This episode originally ran in 2015 . German families in the 60s loved tasty, cheap American-raised chicken that was suddenly comin...
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Showing posts with label Earning Money. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Earning Money. Show all posts
Thursday, 1 February 2024
Tuesday, 30 January 2024
Bonus: Janet Yellen on Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
World Today
January 30, 2024
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Our friends at NPR's news quiz Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! recently had a very Planet Money guest on their show: Treasury Secretary ...
Thursday, 11 January 2024
The Universal Basic Income experiment in Kenya
World Today
January 11, 2024
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There's this fundamental question in economics that has proven really hard to answer: What's a good way to help people out of povert...
Saturday, 6 January 2024
The case of the serial sinking Spanish ships
World Today
January 06, 2024
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Picture the Pacific Ocean of the 16th century. Spanish Galleons sail the wide open seas, carrying precious cargo like silver, porcelain, and...
Saturday, 30 December 2023
The Rest of the Story, 2023
World Today
December 30, 2023
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It's that time of year again! Our annual year-end tradition of checking in on the stories we've reported and the people we met along...
Saturday, 23 December 2023
We buy a lot of Christmas trees (Update)
World Today
December 23, 2023
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*Note: This episode originally ran in 2020* 'Tis the season for Americans to head out in droves and bring home a freshly-cut Christmas...
Thursday, 21 December 2023
Dollarizing Argentina
World Today
December 21, 2023
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Argentina has been on a decades-long search for economic stability, but it always seems to be out of reach. High inflation has been plaguing...
Tuesday, 19 December 2023
How to be better at hybrid work, according to research
World Today
December 19, 2023
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The research keeps coming in on remote work. New evidence suggests working from home, at least full-time, may not be as productive as we onc...
Saturday, 16 December 2023
What econ says in the shadows
World Today
December 16, 2023
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Economics Job Market Rumors is a website that's half a job information Wiki, where people post about what's going on inside economic...
Thursday, 14 December 2023
Why '90s ads are unforgettable
World Today
December 14, 2023
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Maybe she's born with it, maybe it's __________. The best part of waking up, is _______ in your cup! Got ____? If you can iden...
Saturday, 2 December 2023
Why are we so bummed about the economy?
World Today
December 02, 2023
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Would you say that you and your family are better off or worse off, financially, than you were a year ago? Do you think in 12 months we'...
Thursday, 30 November 2023
So you want to sell marijuana across state lines
World Today
November 30, 2023
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In the state of Oregon, there is a glut of grass. A wealth of weed. A crisis of chronic. And, jokes aside, it's a real problem for peo...
Thursday, 23 November 2023
A very Planet Money Thanksgiving
World Today
November 23, 2023
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Here at Planet Money, Thanksgiving is not just a time to feast on turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casseroles and pie(s). It...
Saturday, 18 November 2023
Economic fact in literary fiction
World Today
November 18, 2023
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Some of the most influential and beloved novels of the last few years have been about money, finance, and the global economy. Some overtly s...
Thursday, 16 November 2023
China's real estate crisis, explained
World Today
November 16, 2023
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China's economic growth for the past few decades has been extraordinary. And much of that growth was fueled by real estate – it was like...
Saturday, 11 November 2023
The alleged theft at the heart of ChatGPT
World Today
November 11, 2023
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When best-selling thriller writer Douglas Preston began playing around with OpenAI's new chatbot, ChatGPT, he was, at first, impressed. ...
Thursday, 9 November 2023
We dare researchers to leave the ivory tower
World Today
November 09, 2023
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The world of economics has these two different sides. One one side, there are the economists in their cozy armchairs and dusty libraries, hi...
Saturday, 4 November 2023
FTC Chair Lina Khan on Antitrust in the age of Amazon
World Today
November 04, 2023
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When Lina Khan was in law school back in 2017, she wrote a law review article called 'Amazon's Antitrust Paradox,' that went kin...
Thursday, 26 October 2023
Cutting school... by 20%
World Today
October 26, 2023
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Right now, a lot of school districts across the country are making a pretty giant change to the way public education usually works. Facing t...
Thursday, 19 October 2023
Indicator exploder: jobs and inflation
World Today
October 19, 2023
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When someone says "the economy is doing well"—what does that even mean? Like, for workers, for employers, for the country as a who...
