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Two food and drink indicators

Today on the show, we have two episodes from our daily podcast, The Indicator, about things we...

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Why are we so bummed about the economy?

Would you say that you and your family are better off or worse off, financially, than you were a...

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So you want to sell marijuana across state lines

In the state of Oregon, there is a glut of grass. A wealth of weed. A crisis of chronic. And,...

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A very Planet Money Thanksgiving

Here at Planet Money, Thanksgiving is not just a time to feast on turkey, stuffing, mashed...

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Economic fact in literary fiction

Some of the most influential and beloved novels of the last few years have been about money,...

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China's real estate crisis, explained

China's economic growth for the past few decades has been extraordinary. And much of that growth...

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The alleged theft at the heart of ChatGPT

When best-selling thriller writer Douglas Preston began playing around with OpenAI's new chatbot,...

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Never have I ever

The world of economics has these two different sides. One one side, there are the economists in...

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FTC Chair Lina Khan on Antitrust in the age of Amazon

When Lina Khan was in law school back in 2017, she wrote a law review article called 'Amazon's...

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Antitrust in America (classic)

Earlier this fall, the Federal Trade Commission filed a high-stakes lawsuit against Amazon. In...

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All you can eat economics

You might expect to find economic concepts in the pages of an economics textbook. But you know...

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Cutting school... by 20%

Right now, a lot of school districts across the country are making a pretty giant change to the...

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How unions are stopped before they start

Union membership in the U.S. has been declining for decades. But, in 2022, support for unions...

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Indicator exploder: jobs and inflation

When someone says "the economy is doing well"—what does that even mean? Like, for workers, for...

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Maria Bamford gets personal (about) finance

Note: There is swearing in this episode. In 2017, The University of Minnesota asked comedian...

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Why the price of Coke didn't change for 70 years (classic)

Prices go up. Occasionally, prices go down. But for 70 years, the price of a bottle of Coca-Cola...

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A man, a plan, wind power, Uruguay

In 2007, Uruguay had a massive problem with no obvious fix. The economy of this country of 3.5...

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The flight attendants of CHAOS

When contract negotiations between Alaska Airlines and their flight attendants' union broke down...

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A trucker hat mystery, the curse of September and other listener questions

Ba-dee-yah! Say do you remember? Ba-dee-yah! Questions in September! That's right - it's time...

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The natural disaster economist

There seems to be headlines about floods, wildfires, or hurricanes every week. Scientists say...

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