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The ice cream conspiracy

Take a look in any supermarket ice cream freezer section and you may see a mystery. There are big...

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Baby's first market failure

Anyone who has tried shopping for day care knows that it is tough out there. For one, it is...

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Groundhog Day 2023

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

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To all the econ papers I've loved before

A great economics paper does two things. It takes on a big question, and it finds a smart way to...

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The story of "Monopoly" and American capitalism

Monopoly is one of the best-selling board games in history. The game's staying power may in...

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Charles Ponzi's scheme

Some of history's biggest financial scams owe their name to Charles Ponzi. Here's the story of...

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Big Rigged (Classic)

Driving a truck used to mean freedom. Now it means a mountain of debt. Subscribe to Planet...

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Two Indicators: The 2% inflation target

If the Fed had a mantra to go along with its mandate, it might well be "two percent." We look...

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Planet Money Movie Club: It's a Wonderful Life

Welcome to the Planet Money Movie Club, a regular series from Planet Money+ in which we watch an...

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The economics lessons in kids' books

All sorts of lessons (even about economics) can be learned from kids' books. On today's show, we...

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The Rest of the Story, 2022

It's that time of year again! Our annual year-end tradition of checking in on previous stories to...

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Which economic indicator defined 2022?

2022 was a year of big economic changes. But what economic story most defined the year? Our hosts...

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In defense of gift giving

Cold economic reasoning says, supposedly, that gifts are inefficient transfers of wealth. But...

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Two Indicators: The fight over ESG investing

"ESG" investing – Environmental, Social, Governance – has attracted a lot of attention from...

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The sports ticket price enigma

Inflation is making prices go up, except not for...sports tickets? So, we set out on a daylong...

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Spam call bounty hunter

Telemarketing calls are not only annoying; in some cases, they are illegal. Congress even gives...

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The case of the missing cheese racks

Jelle Peterse's company ships cheese all over the world, but they don't always get their cheese...

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When women stopped coding (Classic)

A lot of computing pioneers were women. For decades, the number of women in computer science was...

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My Favorite Tax Loophole

There's a big difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion. But sometimes even avoiding taxes...

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Messi economics

Soccer star Lionel Messi is currently hoping to lead Argentina to victory in the World Cup. His...

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