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How the government got hedge funded
Oct 10, 2025The U.S. government spends a ton of money, on everything from Medicare to roads to defense. In fact, it spends way more than it takes in. So…it borrows money, in the bond market. By selling U.S. Treas...
Two ways AI is changing the business of crime (Two Indicators)
Oct 08, 2025Pre-order the Planet Money book here for your free gift. Our sister show, The Indicator, is chronicling the evolving business of crime for its Vice Week series. Today, we bring to you two cases of cri...
BOARD GAMES 2: Making our prototype
Oct 04, 2025It’s here! It’s free to download and playtest! It’s the Planet Money game! (Download here.)Download and playtest the game go here Sign up for the 11/1 virtual AMA event and get updates about the gameS...
BOARD GAMES 1: We're making a game
Oct 01, 2025We want to make a board game. It must, of course, teach the world about economics. It must be fun. It’d be nice if it sold lots of copies! How hard could that be!? (Monopoly and Catan are hugely popul...
How refrigeration took over the world
Sep 26, 2025The next time you open your fridge, take a second to behold the miracles inside of it: Raspberries from California, butter from New Zealand, steak from Nebraska. None of that would have been remotely ...
How Jane Street’s secret billion-dollar trade unraveled
Sep 24, 2025On Wall Street, fortunes are often won and lost with the tiniest advantages. And for the past few years, one trading firm has stood out from the rest for both huge profits and careful secrecy — Jane S...
In Gaza, money is falling apart
Sep 20, 2025Israel has been blocking the flow of physical money into Gaza since the start of the war. So whatever paper cash was in Gaza before the war, that’s all that’s been circulating. It's falling apart from...
When CEO pay exploded (update)
Sep 17, 2025(Note: A version of this episode originally ran in 2016.) It’s no secret that CEOs get paid a ton – and a ton more than the average worker. More than a hundred times than what their average employee ...
The U.S. now owns a big chunk of Intel. That’s a huge deal.
Sep 12, 2025Last month, President Donald Trump announced an unusual deal. Intel, the biggest microchip maker in America, had agreed to give the United States a 10 percent stake in its business. That means the U.S...
Asking for a friend … which jobs are safe from AI?
Sep 10, 2025There’s one question we seem to be hearing everywhere: “Is my job safe from AI?” Dozens of you, our listeners, have written to us about this. Saying things like, “Maybe my yoga teacher side gig is a...