#268: The Island That Ran Out Of Money
Iceland — the whole country — has about as many people as Lexington, Kentucky. It also has its...
#268: The Island That Ran Out Of Money
Iceland — the whole country — has about as many people as Lexington, Kentucky. It also has its...
#254: Inside The Great Depression
On today's Planet Money, we hear the words of ordinary man — Benjamin Roth, a lawyer in...
Savings rates, China vs India, and buy-to-let
Jonathan Eley and guests discuss the state of the UK savings market, whether retail investors...
19:42
#240 Planet Money: Marrying Off Spain's Troubled Banks
Spain's financial system is in trouble. Too many banks made too many bad loans. Part of the...
#239 Planet Money: Tiny Banks, Big Problems
The fate of Spain's economy may lie in a couple dozen savings banks called cajas de ahorros....
#231 Planet Money: Too Big To Save
In the teeth of the financial crisis, the government of Ireland decided to issue a blanket...
#214 Planet Money: Toxie, R.I.P.
We are gathered here to day to commemorate the passing of Toxie, Planet Money's toxic asset. The...
#163 Planet Money: After The Flood
The FDIC swoops in and closes a failing bank. Then what? Last year, Chana Joffe-Walt told the...
U.S. officials are now deciding which banks should get a potentially life-saving injection of...
Listeners wrote to ask us what happened to all the private mortgage premiums that were paid to...
Federal officials today announced they were using the $700 billion bailout to buy shares in...
Thanks to a little-noticed provision that's sort of in the $700 billion bailout, the U.S....
Monetary policy, challenger banks and active funds
Jonathan Eley and guests discuss the Bank of England's latest comments on house prices and wages,...
18:08
WSJ's Mathew Passy reports on what JP Morgan Chase is and isn't saying about its data breach....
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Bank closures, junior Isas and European equities
Jonathan Eley and guests discuss whether Lloyds' branch closures spell the end of high street...
19:42
Savings rates, equity release and cybersecurity
Jonathan Eley and guests discuss the FCA's criticism of the savings market this week, why equity...
18:21
Right to Buy, future of banks and safety deposit boxes
This week we delve into the Queens Speech and how it could transform the UK's housing market....
19:30
Cognitive Dissonance Part 3: Enlightened-Aware
When I started this series of "discussions", I intended to do the first show as a compilation...
38:30
Hendrik Hertzberg on Occupy Wall Street.
Marketplace Lending: Past, Present & Beyond
In this podcast, Luan Cox, CEO of Crowdnetic and a guest contributor to our Alpha Now blog...
07:29