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11/15/2022
12 : 4
These companies ran an experiment: Pay workers their full salary to work fewer days
Britons are about to complete the biggest ever experiment with a shortened work week View this email online Planet Money Fewer Hours, Same Pay by Paddy Hirsch Companies in the United Kingdom are about
11/8/2022
12 : 14
They made a material that doesn't exist on earth. That's only the start of the story.
A scientific discovery could forever change China and the US's industrial balance. View this email online Planet Money Of Meteors, Metals, and Magnets by Paddy Hirsch It sounds like the plot of a
10/29/2022
11 : 14
Planet Money Gets Into The Music Business
Almost 50 years ago, a band made an incredible song about Inflation. Then the song was lost to the dustbin of history. Now, Planet Money is on a mission to make this record a hit. View this email
10/25/2022
11 : 15
Britain’s Productivity Problem
Liz Truss is just the latest Prime Minister to be tripped up trying to tackle productivity View this email online Planet Money Mind The Productivity Gap by Paddy Hirsch On Thursday, British Prime
10/18/2022
11 : 4
How The Gig Economy Inspired A Cyberpunk Video Game
The video game Citizen Sleeper critiques the gig economy in a cyberpunk "post-capitalist" future View this email online Planet Money The Gig(abyte) Economy by Sam Yellowhorse Kesler Citizen
10/11/2022
11 : 14
Why the US might not win the global economy without Canada and Mexico
A new book argues that for the US to become more globally competitive and create good jobs, we must embrace and expand trade with Canada and Mexico. View this email online Planet Money North America vs
10/4/2022
11 : 14
How The “Black Metropolis” Made A Comeback
Bronzeville was the epicenter of a Black renaissance before it fell on hard times. Now, it's booming again. Here's the story of its incredible turnaround. View this email online Planet Money
9/27/2022
11 : 14
Workers are changing jobs and getting raises, and still struggling financially
Where have all the workers gone? As it turns out, most of them have gone... right into other jobs. View this email online Planet Money Musical Chairs In The Labor Market by Stacey Vanek Smith Where
9/20/2022
11 : 14
Why your bad boss will probably lose the remote-work wars
Since 2020, office workers have waged an epic battle to work remotely. They're mostly winning. View this email online Planet Money The Remote Wars by Greg Rosalsky My good friend has a bad boss (
9/13/2022
11 : 4
The economics behind "quiet quitting" — and what we should call it instead
Is "quiet quitting" about being lazy or setting healthy boundaries? Is it even real? We dig into the data and ask workers themselves about what it means to them. View this email online Planet
9/6/2022
11 : 14
An economist studied popular finance tips. Some might be leading you astray
A Yale professor of finance read through 50 popular finance books to see how they square with traditional economic theory. View this email online Planet Money Personal Finance Smackdown by Greg
8/30/2022
11 : 4
Inside the rise of 'stealerships' and the shady economics of car buying
Car dealerships deploy tricks and traps to make as much money as they can from you. Here's what I learned when trying to buy a new car. View this email online Planet Money Stealerships by Greg
8/23/2022
11 : 4
Someone stole my truck. I got a crash course on the wild black market for stolen cars
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, automakers began adopting an anti-theft technology that dramatically reduced car thefts. But why did it take so long? View this email online Planet Money I Left My
8/16/2022
11 : 14
What People Really Make (And Spend) Behind Bars
The Marshall Project asked people in prison to track their earning and spending — and bartering and side hustles — for 30 days. Their accounts reveal a thriving underground economy behind bars. View
8/9/2022
11 : 4
The Soundtrack To Planet Money Summer School
It's a summer of macro at Planet Money. Celebrate hot econ summer with our playlist. View this email online Planet Money Hot Econ Summer by Greg Morton School is not out for summer. Planet Money
8/1/2022
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Why the American Dream is more attainable in some cities than others
A blockbuster new study reveals a key factor explaining rates of upward mobility. View this email online Planet Money Friend Request by Greg Rosalsky Like most gyms, InnerCity Weightlifting in Boston
7/26/2022
11 : 4
Want To Lay Off Workers More Smoothly? There’s A Startup For That
The tech industry is in turmoil. But there's at least one startup that is thriving these days, and it's one that's helping other startups lay off workers. View this email online Planet
7/19/2022
11 : 4
Meet The New GDP Prototype That Tracks Inequality
A team of economists offers America a new way to look at economic growth. It's a sort of GDP prototype that tracks the well-being of different income groups. View this email online Planet Money GDP
7/12/2022
11 : 4
Lean Out: Employees Are Accepting Lower Pay In Order To Work Remotely
A new study finds American companies are using remote work as a way to avoid giving workers raises; so much so that it's helping to moderate inflation. View this email online Planet Money Lean Out
7/5/2022
11 : 4
The Fight To Fund Abortions In Post-Roe America
In post-Roe America, money is even more determinative of who can get an abortion and who can't. Abortion funds are trying to close the gap, but they are now forced to navigate a murky legal