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Planet Money NPR
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4.6, 23.2K Ratings
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The economy explained. Imagine you could call up a friend and say, "Meet me at the bar and tell me what's going on with the economy." Now imagine that's actually a fun evening.
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Hollywood's Black List
In 2005, an anonymous list of the best unmade scripts in Hollywood shook up the movie biz. This episode: how a math-loving, movie nerd solved Hollywood's script problem. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
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SUMMER SCHOOL 1: Choices & Dating
First lesson: Economics is not about money. It's a lens of great power and beauty. In this episode, we meet our teachers and learn the first four fundamental concepts of economic thinking, and watch them applied to things like dating and hailing a cab. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
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Planet Money Summer School
Planet Money Summer School is a crash course in economics for your ears.
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Reparations For Police Brutality (UPDATE)
For years, some Chicago police officers tortured suspects. Survivors fought for reparations — and got them. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
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Inflation, Deflation
After decades of relative stability, prices in the US may be about to go through the roof — or the floor. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
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Seed Spy
Espionage. Deceit. Theft. In this episode we follow the case of a global effort to steal top secret high technology: seeds. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
Customer Reviews
Summer school class 1
Enjoyed the program but was frustrated by the example used for “sunk costs”. Movie tickets for a bad movie CAN be recovered! I have done it on several occasions. Theaters are usually quite gracious about this...so that example was distracting to the general concept.
Thanks for Summer School!
Really appreciate the simple explanations.
Thanks for Educating me
This program continues to educate me on how money and the economy work in my life and in the world around me. Thanks for the great work you are doing. And thanks for making things timely and exciting to listen to. I look forward to listening each week. Weirdly, one of my favorite things to look for now is the jobs reports each month.
