Episodes (Page 13)
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A Kansas City couple selling their home for $250,000 paid $15,000 in commission (6%) split between two agents despite hiring only one, raising antitrust concerns
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Congress and taxpayers disagree about U.S. financial support for wars in Ukraine and Gaza, with concerns about funding both military aid and civilian casualties
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Restaurant design expert Stephani Robson helps Adda, a casual Indian restaurant in Long Island City, rethink table layout and customer behavior to increase revenue
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Temu, launched in fall 2022, has become one of the most downloaded iPhone apps with 50 million monthly active users through aggressive advertising on Facebook and Snapchat
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U.S. steel manufacturing was once the nation's most important industry and major employer, but declined in the second half of the 20th century as foreign competitors gained power
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Federal law requires nearly all taxes on rum sold in the U.S. to be sent to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, generating over $700 million annually
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The Gulf of Mexico's first-ever offshore wind auction in summer showed mixed results, with two of three patches receiving no bids despite high expectations
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The Oscars is essentially an election year for Hollywood where studios and streamers deploy tens of millions of dollars in coordinated campaign strategies to sway voters
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Dynamic pricing is common in industries like ride-sharing and airlines but nearly absent in American supermarkets, raising questions about why
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The U.S. offers no federal paid parental leave, limited public childcare, and penalizes women's wages after parenthood, making it expensive to have children compared to other nations
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Schools fundraise through students selling wrapping paper and chocolate, turning kids into salespeople to fund field trips and school activities
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Industrial policy
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The Department of Defense's 2024 budget is $842 billion (3.5% of GDP), covering everything from paperclips to fighter jets, with military procurement operating under very different rules than comme...
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The U.S. Navy protects cargo ships in the Red Sea despite ships not being American-owned or flagged
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Planet Money celebrates Valentine's Day by dedicating an episode to things giving them 'butterflies'
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Keith King explores heart balm torts, an old legal mechanism allowing people to sue for damages from affairs that break up marriages
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Economics explores three morally questionable markets: organ buying/selling, workplace revenge seeking, and insider trading
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Hosts Kenny Malone and Amanda Aronczyk search Groundhog Day news archives for economics stories
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Trade dispute over frozen chicken between Germany and America in the 1960s led to unintended consequences for the auto industry
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen appears on NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! news quiz show