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The wealthiest 10% of Americans own 69% of the wealth. That sounds kinda bad. It is. It’s also bad for the economy.
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Black millennials aren't just falling further and further behind white millennials in building wealth for their families — they're falling further and further behind what *previous Black generations* amassed in wealth.
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@DrLisaDCook
found a hole in one of the central theories of economic growth – the impact of racial violence on innovation. But getting her colleagues to see it took ten years.
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When we told you last year recycling plastic isn’t working, y’all got really upset. Wait till we tell you this next bit: Plastic recycling was a lie — a big lie — to sell more plastic.
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What Happens When You Put 4 Economists in The Same House
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@timkmak
recently uncovered secret tapes of NRA leaders immediately following the Columbine HS mass shooting in 1999. These tapes reveal how the NRA crafted a message that would become its standard response for decades of school shootings to come.
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Owning a Non-Fungible Token is like putting your name on plaque next to a painting. They might good for artists, but use a lot of⚡️ Pt. 2 soon!
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The Democratic Socialists of America pride themselves on being a big socialist tent. Some members want the U.S. to be more like Scandinavian countries, with higher taxes and a bigger social safety net. Others -
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There are only so many houses and that is someone’s fault…
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Back in the 1950s, 1 in 20 jobs required a license. Today, it’s up to 1 in 3, which doesn’t help the U.S. economy.
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Welcome to Planet Money Summer School 2022 -- follow along on the podcast or tiktok!
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The arts and culture industry says it will need more financial help if it's going to survive
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Think you have a better economics joke than this? Prove it.
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We turn 1,000 next week! 🥳🥳🥳 And we're whipping up something special for ya... but first, we wanna know:
What's your all-time favorite Planet Money episode?
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It’s illegal to retaliate against union organizing. Does it still happen? yup.
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Big news! We won a
#Peabody
award for our Wells Fargo scandal reporting (episodes 728 & 732) by
@chris_arnoldnpr
&
@radiosmith
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There's a bank in Italy that accepts wheels of cheese as collateral for loans.
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It’s not one big percent, it’s a bunch of little brackets with their own percents
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We don't want to have to scan the whole internet, so we're willing to pay middlemen to do it for us.
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Lesbians love Subarus. That’s partly because Subaru has always loved them right back.
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A ship with 3,186 tons of garbage sailed up and down the east coast in 1987—and was rejected at every stop. It became a symbol for the country’s problem with trash and got the country recycling.
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Underwear may be able to predict if a recession is coming or going. Collab w/
@depthsofwiki
!
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The Great Gatsby is a literary classic that touches on so many aspects of American life — especially money. It just entered the public domain, so for our latest episode, we recorded it as an
#audiobook
.
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So who's got
#regrexit
? If you know someone who voted Leave and already has second thoughts, get in touch. We'll talk it out with them/you.
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If you have more student debt than money in the bank, inflation could be good for you
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SO ACTUALLY THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT WON’T EVEN REDUCE INFLATION MUCH IN THE NEAR TERM. BUT IT DOES HAVE LONGER TERM POLICIES THAT SHOULD REDUCE PRICES THROUGH SCALE AND EFFICIENCY.
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The Chicago Police Department tortured over 100 men into confessions. Years later, the city started trying to make amends. Including promising a memorial.
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The first time the government shut down it was over the rights of black voters.
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Ever dreamed of having nearly five hours of Planet Money reporters in your ears? Thanks to copyright law, now you can. The Great Gatsby just entered the public domain, so we recorded it as an
#audiobook
, just for you
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Mushrooms and truffles are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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There have only been 7 COVID deaths in Taiwan. This entire time. Sure, it's an island, but it's also trying new things with technology. Today's episode: how Taiwan hacked the pandemic.
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Over the last 36 years, what was the most common job in every state?
http://t.co/iN4aAJY2JR
http://t.co/Ls3THbFXNd
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We can’t blame Boomers for causing the housing shortage by staying in their homes. But maybe we can blame them for zoning laws that block duplexes, townhouses, and mobile homes.
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We just won a duPont-Columbia award! Our collaboration with Frontline investigates why recycling plastic isn’t working, why it never has, and who was hiding the truth.
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Bobby Bonilla Day is the greatest American holiday. On today’s show, we find out why by talking to Bobby Bonilla himself.
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$PLANETMONEY TO THE MOON 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀
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Episode 1,000 is here! Along the way, we’ve taken you inside the invention of money… the birth of the spreadsheet… space… but, one place we’ve never taken you — inside the show. For our 1,000th episode — we’ve got some secrets to share.
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A new study adds to the growing mountain of evidence that says that poverty impairs people’s ability to focus and think.
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Good question! Short answer: The official committee that calls recessions says downturns normally have to last “more than a few months.” So, yes, we may already be on our way. 😭 Anyways, we'd be happy to talk with you about it on our show!
When y’all think they going to announce that we going into a recession?
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Have you gotten telemarketing calls with caller ID showing your area code and first three digits? Tell us about it.
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Housing prices. They’re the dark side of living in many American cities. Today on the show, a simple solution to the housing crisis.
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The world is in this strange moment where there’s a direct connection between life and death — and the ability of a small auto parts company in Minnesota to churn out thousands of pistons small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.
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1986: Beer ads dominate the airwaves
2022: Insurance ads dominate the airwaves?
Why? This mf gecko.
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It's not the action we dreamed of, but our stock trading Twitter bot is getting some work in. Natural Language Processing is hard.
I see a stock: Anthem ✔️ I know the ticker (ANTM) ✔️ Sentiment is negative. So, I'll sell it short when the market opens. ✔️ Wish me luck.
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Printers have a way of making people angry. It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.
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Those jobs aren't really coming back until the pandemic is over.
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Bill Browder’s lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was detained, tortured, and murdered by Russian authorities. Browder is now trying to get justice by passing a law that freezes the assets of human rights violators like the ones responsible for Magnitsky’s murder.
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Why hasn't Bitcoin replaced the dollar? Check out episode 6 of our Investing Summer School series!
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Computer sci hasn't always been so male-dominated. What happened?
@hennseggs
&
@catek
explain
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http://t.co/pDg2VO3HXr
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A blockbuster new study released today reveals a key factor explaining rates of upward mobility across America.
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🧵(1/2) Planet Money is stepping away from Twitter. There are a few reasons why:
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We’ll still be reporting and dropping episodes. Feel free to keep up with us in a few different places…
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Economists have puzzled forever over why some countries grow and others don’t. Lisa Cook found evidence of a missing variable — racial violence — and showed it to Harvard economist Martin Feldstein.
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Correlation isn't causation but... Trump's immigration ban excludes the countries where he has business deals. Map:
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Today on the show: the best economics jokes we know.
http://t.co/CFlqOEslej
http://t.co/QB7IuqKHQw
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The Slants won their case, so people can trademark offensive things now. Some more offensive than others.
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Venezuela’s currency, the bolivar, loses value by the minute. And the Venezuelan government doesn’t let most people exchange their bolivars for a more stable currency. So now there’s a black market... for dollars.
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It's chilly out there, remember to layer up your shell companies
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Dan Pashman, host of
@TheSporkful
podcast, was a man on a mission. A mission to create, produce, and sell the perfect pasta shape. Today on the show, Dan takes us along on his quest to achieve noodle nirvana.
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An algorithm designed this concert hall, fiber by fiber.
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.
@TheEconomist
has a series going on seminal economic ideas. Game Theory. The Trilemma. Minsky. A geeky delight!
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There are 8 false consensus in this tiktok. Did you catch them all?
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When the hit comedy “9 to 5” came out in 1980, it was one of the first times a movie directly addressed the struggles of working women. We look at the movement that inspired the movie, and how the workplace has changed since then. (Spoiler: not that much)
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Zuckerberg. Gates. Jobs. Most of the big names in technology are men. But it wasn’t always that way:
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Recycling is a billion-dollar global business.
http://t.co/araP6k5Q8d
http://t.co/EedNJfB9vt
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How to fight a crisis: Whatever you think you should do, do more. Whenever you think you should do it, do it sooner. Interview with
@neelkashkari
:
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These episodes about setting up our own shell companies make for good background on hiding money.
#panamapapers
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If your job is to put people in jail, should you be able to make money off the arrest?
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You better have some fun stories ready for when parties come back. If not, here’s one!
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New show! We explain this weird word: "emoluments." It’s buried in the Constitution & has resurfaced recently.
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