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We asked 188 economists. And the survey says...
So imPORTant: Bananas, frogs, and... Bob's??
Can cap and trade work in the US?
How Venezuela imploded (update)
What's THAT got to do with economics?
Veep-onomics
How to save 10,000 fingers
Can money buy happiness?
Rate Expectations
Bingo! (Presidential debate edition)
Will the Olympics break breakdancing?
What to do when you're in a class action
The color monopoly
Rooftop solar's dark side
How flying got so bad (or did it?)
The two companies driving the modern economy
Do immigrants really take jobs and lower wages?
The Vapes of Wrath
Why is everyone talking about Musk's money?
What's with all the tiny soda cans? And other grocery store mysteries, solved.
Bringing a tariff to a graphite fight
How much national debt is too much?
The history of light (classic)
How the FBI's fake cell phone company put criminals into real jail cells
So you've been scammed, now what?
The junkyard economist
Anatomy of a layoff
The hack that almost broke the internet
The birth of the modern consumer movement
Hire Power (Update)
FTX and the Serengeti of bankruptcy
TikTok made me deduct it
Japan's Lost Decades
The real estate industry on trial
How much of your tax dollars are going to Israel and Ukraine
The trouble with Table 101 (Update)
The billion dollar war behind U.S. rum
On the Oscars campaign trail
Is dynamic pricing coming to a supermarket near you?
Shopping for parental benefits around the world
The secret world behind school fundraisers
A controversial idea at the heart of Bidenomics
It's giving ... Valentines
Morally questionable, economically efficient
Groundhog Day 2024: Trademark, bankruptcy, and the dollar that failed
Rescues at sea, and how to make a fortune
Hear us out: We ban left turns and other big ideas
The Maine Potato War of 1976
The Universal Basic Income experiment in Kenya
The case of the serial sinking Spanish ships
The Rest of the Story, 2023
Dollarizing Argentina
What econ says in the shadows
Why '90s ads are unforgettable
Why do doctors still use pagers?
Why are we so bummed about the economy?
So you want to sell marijuana across state lines
A very Planet Money Thanksgiving
China's real estate crisis, explained
The alleged theft at the heart of ChatGPT
Never have I ever
All you can eat economics
Cutting school... by 20%
How unions are stopped before they start
Maria Bamford gets personal (about) finance
A man, a plan, wind power, Uruguay
The flight attendants of CHAOS
A trucker hat mystery, the curse of September and other listener questions
The natural disaster economist
A black market, a currency crisis, and a tango competition in Argentina
"Based on a true story"
How to launder $600 million on the internet

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