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1/14/2025
12 : 14
This Skateboarding Economist Suggests We Need More Skateparks And Less Capitalism
A skateboarder presented an unusual paper at this year's big meeting of American economists. View this email online Planet Money Skateonomics by Greg Rosalsky “The Skateboarding Ethic and the
1/7/2025
12 : 4
What America’s Top Economists Are Saying About AI and Inequality
Planet Money attended the annual meeting of American economists — and the most popular topic this year was artificial intelligence. View this email online Planet Money AI Was All The Rage At AEA 2025
12/24/2024
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How To Make A New Year’s Resolution
An experiment looks at ways to make New Year's resolutions succeed. View this email online Planet Money Hey, it's Greg Rosalsky. Here at Planet Money, we cover the people and forces that shape
12/19/2024
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How The Holidays Could Be Affecting Your Medical Care
A new study suggests that holidays can affect your provider's decision making. View this email online Planet Money Hey, it's Alex Goldmark again, Planet Money executive producer. Big thanks to
12/3/2024
12 : 14
Dirt-cheap toys imported into U.S. can be dangerous
If you're tempted to buy kids' toys at rock-bottom prices online this holiday season, consumer advocates want you to think twice — and maybe three times. View this email online Planet Money I
11/26/2024
12 : 14
The Price America Paid For Its First Big Immigration Crackdown
The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first significant crackdown on immigration in American history. We trace the factors that led to the Act and examine what happened to the economy after it passed. View
11/19/2024
12 : 4
America's first immigration crackdown and the making and breaking of the West
Chinese immigrants sacrificed their lives to create America's first transcontinental railroad. But its completion may have ironically contributed to a populist backlash that led to the first major
11/12/2024
12 : 4
What Markets Think Trump Will Do
Donald Trump is returning to office, and that will have big impacts on the economy. View this email online Planet Money Donald Trump is returning to office, and that will have big impacts on the
11/5/2024
12 : 14
A Planet Money Playlist For Election Day
It's Election Day! And if you want more information on the economic ideas and plans of the presidential candidates, we got you covered. View this email online Planet Money The Planet Money Playlist
10/29/2024
11 : 14
U.S. Steel’s decline nearly killed this town. Its sale could save it
Braddock, Pennsylvania lost most of its population over the past almost 100 years, due largely to US Steel's decline. Here's how some locals feel about the company's potential sale to the
10/22/2024
11 : 4
It’s Love Week At The Indicator
In a new five-part series, The Indicator from Planet Money explores the market for romance. View this email online Planet Money Love Week All you need is love — and also a new series from The Indicator
10/20/2024
6 : 44
A Nobel Prize For An Explanation Of Why Nations Fail
A trio of economists just won a Nobel prize for their insights into how democratic and other inclusive institutions are critical for a nation's prosperity. View this email online Planet Money A
10/8/2024
11 : 14
Americans are using AI at fairly high rates. What does this mean for the economy?
A new study finds Americans have adopted generative AI faster than personal computers and the Internet. Does that mean we're about to see a long-awaited increase in productivity growth? View this
10/1/2024
11 : 4
Ten economic insights from covering the presidential candidates
In a recent two-part series on The Indicator, we looked into the economic platforms of presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. View this email online Planet Money Ten Econ Takeaways
9/24/2024
11 : 4
Have economists gone out of fashion in Washington?
Once the high priests of policy, economists may now be seeing lower demand. View this email online Planet Money Are Economists Still The High Priests Of Policy? by Greg Rosalsky Shortly after World War
9/17/2024
12 : 14
So many music festivals have been canceled this year. What's going on?
A wave of music festivals are canceling their events. Call it the music festival recession. View this email online Planet Money The Year The Music Fest Died by Greg Rosalsky It may not be too much of
9/10/2024
11 : 14
Where Kamala Harris Studied Economics
Kamala Harris has called her time at Howard University “one of the most important aspects of my life.” And much of that time was spent studying economics. View this email online Planet Money Kamala
9/3/2024
11 : 14
What Can We Learn From Millions Of High School Yearbook Photos?
When fashion meets economics View this email online Planet Money Yearbook Photos: A New Frontier of Economic Analysis? by Sofia Shchukina Imagine you're about to get your high school yearbook
8/28/2024
14 : 4
Great minds assemble to bid farewell to Planet Money Summer School 2024
This season Planet Money Summer School tackled economic history. View this email online Planet Money The end of (an incomplete and kinda random) history of the economic world Do you feel the chill in
8/20/2024
11 : 4
The White House plan to stop companies from wasting our time
The Biden-Harris administration has a new initiative called "Time Is Money." View this email online Planet Money "Time Is Money" by Greg Rosalsky There's a fabled version of the