Episodes (Page 21)
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Economics lessons can be extracted from beloved children's literature and books
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Annual year-end follow-up on previous stories including CEO exiting Russian operations during Ukraine war
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Planet Money and The Indicator hosts debate which economic indicator best defined 2022's major changes
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Jeff Guo argues that gift-giving has economic virtues despite cold economic reasoning suggesting inefficiency
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ESG investing
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Investigation into anomaly where sports ticket prices defy inflation trends affecting other sectors
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Congress permits consumers to sue illegal telemarketers for $500 per call under consumer protection laws
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Jelle Peterse's cheese company faces supply chain problem: dairy racks not returning from international shipments
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Computing pioneers included significant numbers of women for decades with growing female representation
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Distinction between legal tax avoidance and illegal tax evasion with focus on legitimate loopholes
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Lionel Messi's path to global stardom was shaped by Argentina's economic crisis in the 1990s-2000s
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Yale economist James Choi evaluates popular personal finance advice against traditional economic theory
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Lou Montulli created internet cookies 30 years ago to solve anonymity protection problems
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Sam Bankman-Fried built reputation as reliable crypto authority before empire collapsed within days
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Librarians protested Macmillan's controversial e-book pricing policy in 2019, sparking industry-wide conflict
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Sand is essential raw material in buildings, windows, and electronics but faces dangerous global scarcity
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Polling faces an existential crisis as fewer people answer phones and complete surveys
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China's housing boom has transformed into a severe real estate crisis affecting the economy
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Planet Money launches a record label to release a lost 1975 song about inflation
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Planet Money starts a real record label to release a previously unreleased 1975 inflation song by Earnest Jackson