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Summer School 7: The Great Depression, the New Deal and how it changed our economy
Aug 21, 2024Find all the episodes from this season here. And past seasons here. And follow along on TikTok here for video Summer School. When we last left the United States of America in our economic telling of...
The hidden world behind your new "banking" app
Aug 16, 2024You might have seen ads for online banking services that seem to offer a lot of great stuff — accounts you can open in minutes and without a minimum balance or monthly fees. The ads seem to say: "Thes...
Summer School 6: China, Taiwan and how nations grow rich
Aug 14, 2024Episodes each Wednesday through labor day. Find all the episodes from this season here. And past seasons here. And follow along on TikTok here for video Summer School. In the middle of the twentieth...
Will the Olympics break breakdancing?
Aug 09, 2024For some sports, picking the winner is simple: It's the athlete who crosses the finish line first, or the side that scores the most goals. But for the new Olympic sport of breaking (if you want to be ...
Summer School 5: 250 years of trade history in three chapters
Aug 07, 2024Episodes each Wednesday through labor day. Find all the episodes from this season here. And past seasons here. And follow along on TikTok here for video Summer School. Trade has come up in all of th...
What to do when you're in a class action
Aug 02, 2024Maybe you got a boring slip of paper in the mail. Maybe you got a spammy-looking email promising you money. Surprise! You're in a class action. If you've done any commerce in the last decade, there's ...
Summer School 4: Banker vs president and the birth of the dollar
Jul 31, 2024Episodes each Wednesday through labor day. Find all the episodes from this season here. And past seasons here. And follow along on TikTok here for video Summer School. Planet Money Summer School has...
Summer School 3: The first stock and perpetual life
Jul 26, 2024Episodes each Wednesday through labor day. Find all the episodes from this season here. And past seasons here. And follow along on TikTok here for video Summer School. Once upon a time, every busine...
What Kamala Harris' economic agenda might look like
Jul 24, 2024Last weekend we were all thrown for a loop when President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Kamala Harris for the nomination. Just like everyone else, we are trying to quickl...
The color monopoly
Jul 20, 2024In 2022, artist Stuart Semple opened up his laptop to find that all his designs had turned black overnight. All the colors, across files on Adobe products like Photoshop and Illustrator, were gone. Wh...