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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...
Summer School 2: The golden ages of labor and looms
Jul 17, 2024Who has the power? Workers or bosses? It changes through the ages, though it's usually the bosses. Today, we look at two key moments when the power of labor shifted, for better and worse, and we ask w...
Rooftop solar's dark side
Jul 12, 20244.5 million households in the U.S. have solar panels on their homes. Most of those customers are happy with it - their electricity bills have just about disappeared, and it's great for the planet. But...
Summer School 1: An Economic History of the World
Jul 10, 2024Planet Money Summer School is back for eight weeks. Join as we travel back in time to find the origins of our economic way of life. Today we ask surprisingly hard question: What is money? And where di...
How flying got so bad (or did it?)
Jul 05, 2024We often hear that air travel is worse than it's ever been. Gone are the days when airplanes touted piano bars and meat carving stations — or even free meals. Instead we're crammed into tiny seats and...