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The value of good teeth

As a kid, Ryanne Jones' friend accidentally hit her in the mouth with a hammer, knocking out her...

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Seinfeld-onomics

The 90s sit-com Seinfeld is often called "a show about nothing." Lauded for its observational...

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CBOhhhh, that's what they do

If you are a congressperson or a senator and you have an idea for a new piece of legislation, at...

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Meow Money Meow Problems

More than 20 years ago, something unusual happened in the small town of Dixfield, Maine. A lady...

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Hollywood's Black List (Classic)

This episode originally ran in 2020. In 2005, Franklin Leonard was a junior executive at...

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Jay & Shai's debt ceiling adventure

Every year, the U.S. government spends more money than it takes in. In order to fund all that...

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Two Indicators: Inside the Fed, then and now

A lot of the time, economic policy can seem pretty impersonal — cold, hard, data-driven. But at...

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Our 2023 valentines

Every Valentine's Day, we at Planet Money consider the things that we love, the things that we...

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The ice cream conspiracy

Take a look in any supermarket ice cream freezer section and you may see a mystery. There are big...

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Baby's first market failure

Anyone who has tried shopping for day care knows that it is tough out there. For one, it is...

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Groundhog Day 2023

It's Groundhog Day, and once again, the eyes of the nation have turned to a small town in Western...

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To all the econ papers I've loved before

A great economics paper does two things. It takes on a big question, and it finds a smart way to...

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The story of "Monopoly" and American capitalism

Monopoly is one of the best-selling board games in history. The game's staying power may in...

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Charles Ponzi's scheme

Some of history's biggest financial scams owe their name to Charles Ponzi. Here's the story of...

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Big Rigged (Classic)

Driving a truck used to mean freedom. Now it means a mountain of debt. Subscribe to Planet...

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Two Indicators: The 2% inflation target

If the Fed had a mantra to go along with its mandate, it might well be "two percent." We look...

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Planet Money Movie Club: It's a Wonderful Life

Welcome to the Planet Money Movie Club, a regular series from Planet Money+ in which we watch an...

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The economics lessons in kids' books

All sorts of lessons (even about economics) can be learned from kids' books. On today's show, we...

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The Rest of the Story, 2022

It's that time of year again! Our annual year-end tradition of checking in on previous stories to...

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Which economic indicator defined 2022?

2022 was a year of big economic changes. But what economic story most defined the year? Our hosts...

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