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7/23/2024
11 : 14
The Economic Mind of JD Vance
The GOP VP candidate represents a sharp break from the Republicanism of yesteryear. View this email online Planet Money Hello JD Vance, Goodbye Ronald Reagan? by Greg Rosalsky Last week, former
7/16/2024
11 : 4
Summer School returns with an economic history of the world
Origin stories of our economy from the dawn of money to today. View this email online Planet Money The Free Economics Course For Your Ears Planet Money Summer School is back! This season, our free
7/9/2024
11 : 14
How to fight shrinkflation? Pay attention to unit prices at grocery stores
Companies have waged a quiet revolution in package sizing that they use to squeeze more money out of us. But there's a weapon to help consumers level the playing field: unit prices. View this email
6/25/2024
11 : 14
Summer Reads 2024
Planet Money recommends books to read this summer. View this email online Planet Money Summer Reads It's that time of the year again. The sun is shining. Water is beckoning you to jump in. And,
6/18/2024
11 : 14
If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?
Seeing through AI hype. View this email online Planet Money Lost In Automation? by Greg Rosalsky Earlier this year, a drumbeat of news headlines played into public anxieties about the safety of human
6/11/2024
11 : 4
Stock traders are trying to beat the market — by copying lawmakers
Some investors think lawmakers are doing one thing right — picking stocks — and this has prompted a whole new class of products to copy their trades. View this email online Planet Money Team Indicator
6/4/2024
11 : 4
India lost the manufacturing race to China. Here's why it could still succeed
India “missed the bus” on manufacturing. A new book argues that India can nonetheless grow rich by leapfrogging to an economy dominated by high-skills services. View this email online Planet Money Can
6/3/2024
9 : 44
How voters from different economic sectors see the 2024 election
A newsletter from our friends at Consider This View this email online Planet Money Hey, Planet Money newsletter subscribers. This week we're sending out a newsletter from our friends at NPR's
5/21/2024
11 : 14
Zombie 2nd mortgages are coming to life, threatening thousands of Americans' homes
Zombie mortgages View this email online Planet Money Zombie Mortgages by Chris Arnold One spring morning two years ago, Karen McDonough was having tea at her dining room table. She lives in a cozy
5/14/2024
11 : 4
It was a classic rap beef. Then Drake revived Tupac with AI and Congress got involved
The immortal supply of Tupac View this email online Planet Money AI Necromancy by Greg Rosalsky In late April, Senator Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) began his testimony before a Senate subcommittee
5/7/2024
11 : 4
Neoliberal Economics: The Road to Freedom or Authoritarianism?
Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz's new book argues the road to tyranny is paved not by too much, but by too little government. View this email online Planet Money What Paves The Road To
4/30/2024
11 : 14
How do you counter misinformation? Critical thinking is step one
An economic perspective on misinformation View this email online Planet Money The Death Of Reality? by Greg Rosalsky Late last year, in the days before the Slovakian parliamentary elections, two viral
4/23/2024
11 : 14
Sleep Training: "A Symptom Of Capitalism"?
The raging debate over how to juggle kids and work. View this email online Planet Money Happy To Be Back, But Drowsy by Greg Rosalsky Well, I'm back. After a lengthy parental leave, when
4/16/2024
11 : 4
Could the U.S. force treatment on mentally ill people (again)?
Sixty years ago, America began closing mental hospitals. A growing chorus is blaming that for the crisis of mentally ill folks living on our streets. View this email online Planet Money The Rise of
4/2/2024
11 : 14
How We Got To ‘Made In China’
A new book tells the story of how American business shifted its view of trade with China. View this email online Planet Money From 400 Million Consumers To 800 Million Workers by Greg Rosalsky In 1937,
2/13/2024
12 : 14
The Dating App Paradox: Why Dating Apps May Be “Worse Than Ever”
Investors in dating app companies are suffering from heartbreak. As these companies shift gears and try to make a profit, many of their users are heartbroken too. View this email online Planet Money
1/9/2024
12 : 14
Farewell To Earnest Jackson, The Iconic Voice Behind Planet Money's Inflation Song
The singer and songwriter behind Planet Money's “Inflation” song has passed away. View this email online Planet Money RIP To The Legendary Earnest Jackson by Greg Rosalsky When Planet Money spoke
12/12/2023
12 : 14
The Ghost Of Planet Money Past
Planet Money episodes to bring cheer — and, umm, economics — to your holidays. View this email online Planet Money A Very Economicsy Christmas by Greg Rosalsky A specter is haunting this holiday season
11/7/2023
12 : 14
Was Milton Friedman Really “The Last Conservative”?
A new book looks at the life and ideas of Milton Friedman. View this email online Planet Money Small Guy, Big Ideas by Greg Rosalsky In 1967, Milton Friedman took a temporary leave from the University
9/26/2023
11 : 4
A Nobel Prize-Winning Immigrant’s View On American Inequality
In a new book, Nobel Prize-winning economist Angus Deaton offers a scathing critique of American politics and economic policy. View this email online Planet Money Economics in America by Greg Rosalsky