Episodes (Page 16)
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Deep dive into antitrust law history beginning with John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil over 100 years ago
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Buffets demonstrate multiple economic concepts including adverse selection, sunk costs, and diminishing marginal returns in action
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Around 900 U.S. school districts (7% of all districts) have adopted four-day school weeks to attract teachers without cutting pay
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Union membership in the U.S. is declining despite record public support for unions, revealing challenges in the unionization process
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Explores how economic health is measured through indicators like GDP, inflation, and unemployment, revealing the government agencies and methods behind these crucial statistics
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Comedian Maria Bamford negotiated her university commencement fee from zero to $10,000 and donated it to students with debt
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Coca-Cola maintained a five-cent price for 70 years from 1886 to the late 1950s despite inflation and rising costs
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In 2007, Uruguay faced an energy crisis despite economic growth, lacking sufficient power generation capacity for expansion
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Alaska Airlines flight attendants developed CHAOS (Create Havoc Around Our System) strategy to counter the airline's ability to permanently replace strikers
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Listener questions address why September is historically the worst stock market month and how Bass Pro Shops hats became popular in Ecuador
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Economist Tatyana Deryugina specializes in studying the long-term economic consequences of natural disasters on individuals and communities
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Argentina faces 124% annual inflation, currency collapse, and 40% poverty rate while potentially electing a libertarian president favoring dollarization
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Movie producer Aaron Ryder races to create the first GameStop film after the 2021 stock surge captivates Hollywood, competing with other studios for the same story
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Private detective Erin Plante investigates the $600 million Axie Infinity cryptocurrency heist, the largest crypto theft in history
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China's economy, the world's second largest, is struggling as the government has paused release of official economic data
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The Phillips Curve assumes an inflation-unemployment tradeoff, but recent inflation decline has occurred without significant job losses
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Photographer Lynn Goldsmith's 1981 Prince portrait was used by Andy Warhol for a Vanity Fair cover with proper credit and payment
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Indian economist Raghunath Mashelkar discovered turmeric wound-healing patent filed by U.S. scientists despite being traditional Indian medicine
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Planet Money Summer School 2023 graduation where students earn MBA degrees and participate in a pitch competition
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Hollywood studio lots have neutral gates designed for non-striking workers, allowing some employees to bypass picket lines