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The sports ticket price enigma
Inflation is making prices go up, except not for...sports tickets? So, we set out on a daylong sporting event marathon to learn why.
Dec 16, 202228:33
Spam call bounty hunter
Telemarketing calls are not only annoying; in some cases, they are illegal. Congress even gives you the right to sue scofflaw telemarketers for $500 a call. Today, the story of one man who collected a surprising amount of money bringing telemarketers to justice.
Dec 14, 202226:34
More of your favorite tax loopholes (Planet Money+)
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For our recent episode about tax loopholes, we asked you to share your favorite or least-favorite parts of the U.S. tax code. We heard from too many people to include in the show, so Mary Childs and Erika Beras are sharing more listener-submitted tax loopholes in this bonus episode.
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For our recent episode about tax loopholes, we asked you to share your favorite or least-favorite parts of the U.S. tax code. We heard from too many people to include in the show, so Mary Childs and Erika Beras are sharing more listener-submitted tax loopholes in this bonus episode.
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Dec 12, 202209:27
The case of the missing cheese racks
Jelle Peterse's company ships cheese all over the world, but they don't always get their cheese racks back. In this episode, we try to fix a supply chain problem. Gouda grief!
Dec 09, 202227:29
When women stopped coding (Classic)
A lot of computing pioneers were women. For decades, the number of women in computer science was growing. But in 1984, something changed.
Dec 07, 202217:00
My Favorite Tax Loophole
There's a big difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion. But sometimes even avoiding taxes (legally) can feel like you're getting away with something. Today, we share some of our — and your! — favorite loopholes in the U.S. tax code.
Dec 03, 202226:10
Inside the battle over the world's most powerful computer chips (Planet Money+)
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For decades, China has found ways to use advanced semiconductor chip technology — much of which is American-made — in military weapons and equipment. Now, a new U.S. policy aims to cut off Chinese access to certain chips, as well as limit China's ability to make them.
Planet Money's daily economist podcast The Indicator recently explored the new policy in an episode featuring Greg Allen, a security and technology expert with the Center For Strategic & International Studies. This bonus episode, an extended interview with Greg Allen and host Darian Woods — about semiconductors chips, their importance in the economy, and the global battle for control of them.
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For decades, China has found ways to use advanced semiconductor chip technology — much of which is American-made — in military weapons and equipment. Now, a new U.S. policy aims to cut off Chinese access to certain chips, as well as limit China's ability to make them.
Planet Money's daily economist podcast The Indicator recently explored the new policy in an episode featuring Greg Allen, a security and technology expert with the Center For Strategic & International Studies. This bonus episode, an extended interview with Greg Allen and host Darian Woods — about semiconductors chips, their importance in the economy, and the global battle for control of them.
Find more information about how subscribers can unlock sponsor-free access to The Indicator: https://help.npr.org/contact/s/article?name=planet-money-plus-indicator-summer-school
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Nov 28, 202224:51
Inside the battle over the world's most powerful computer chips (Planet Money+)
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For decades, China has found ways to use advanced semiconductor chip technology — much of which is American-made — in military weapons and equipment. Now, a new U.S. policy aims to cut off Chinese access to certain chips, as well as limit China's ability to make them.
Planet Money's daily economist podcast The Indicator recently explored the new policy in an episode featuring Greg Allen, a security and technology expert with the Center For Strategic & International Studies. This bonus episode, an extended interview with Greg Allen and host Darian Woods — about semiconductors chips, their importance in the economy, and the global battle for control of them.
Find more information about how subscribers can unlock sponsor-free access to The Indicator: https://help.npr.org/contact/s/article?name=planet-money-plus-indicator-summer-school
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For decades, China has found ways to use advanced semiconductor chip technology — much of which is American-made — in military weapons and equipment. Now, a new U.S. policy aims to cut off Chinese access to certain chips, as well as limit China's ability to make them.
Planet Money's daily economist podcast The Indicator recently explored the new policy in an episode featuring Greg Allen, a security and technology expert with the Center For Strategic & International Studies. This bonus episode, an extended interview with Greg Allen and host Darian Woods — about semiconductors chips, their importance in the economy, and the global battle for control of them.
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Nov 28, 202224:51
One economist's take on popular advice for saving, borrowing, and spending
Planet Money+ supporters: we'll have a fresh bonus episode for you next week!
"Save aggressively for retirement when you're young." "The stock market is a sure-fire long-term bet." "Fixed-rate mortgages are better than adjustable-rate mortgages." Popular financial advice like this appears in all kinds of books by financial thinkfluencers. But how does that advice stack up against more traditional economic thinking?
That's the question Yale economist James Choi set out to answer in a paper called Popular Personal Financial Advice Versus The Professors. In this interview, he tells Greg Rosalsky what he found. Their talk marks another edition of Behind The Newsletter, in which Greg shares conversations with policy makers and economists who appear in the Planet Money newsletter.
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Read more about James Choi's paper here: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2022/09/06/1120583353/money-management-budgeting-tips
"Save aggressively for retirement when you're young." "The stock market is a sure-fire long-term bet." "Fixed-rate mortgages are better than adjustable-rate mortgages." Popular financial advice like this appears in all kinds of books by financial thinkfluencers. But how does that advice stack up against more traditional economic thinking?
That's the question Yale economist James Choi set out to answer in a paper called Popular Personal Financial Advice Versus The Professors. In this interview, he tells Greg Rosalsky what he found. Their talk marks another edition of Behind The Newsletter, in which Greg shares conversations with policy makers and economists who appear in the Planet Money newsletter.
Subscribe to the newsletter at https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money.
Read more about James Choi's paper here: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2022/09/06/1120583353/money-management-budgeting-tips
Nov 23, 202232:58
How the cookie became a monster
30 years ago, Lou Montulli set out to solve a fundamental problem with the internet, and accidentally created an entirely different one. On today's show, how the cookie went from an obscure piece of code designed to protect anonymity, to an online advertiser's dream, to a privacy advocate's nightmare.
Nov 19, 202226:44
Sam Bankman-Fried and the fall of a crypto empire
Sam Bankman-Fried built a reputation as the one reliable crypto bro. But within the span of days, his empire came crashing down. What the rise and fall of crypto's 30-year-old elder statesman says about the story of crypto so far.
Nov 17, 202223:44
Sam Bankman-Fried and the fall of a crypto empire
Sam Bankman-Fried built a reputation as the one reliable crypto bro. But within the span of days, his empire came crashing down. What the rise and fall of crypto's 30-year-old elder statesman says about the story of crypto so far.
Nov 17, 202223:44
Inside the launch of our record label —and what's next (Planet Money+)
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You may have heard our two episodes about starting Planet Money Records and releasing our first song, "Inflation." But you didn't hear everything.
In this episode for Planet Money+ supporters, Erika Beras and Sarah Gonzalez take you inside the months-long process of launching Planet Money Records. Plus, listener reaction to our episodes, an update on streaming metrics for "Inflation," and what's next in the story.
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You may have heard our two episodes about starting Planet Money Records and releasing our first song, "Inflation." But you didn't hear everything.
In this episode for Planet Money+ supporters, Erika Beras and Sarah Gonzalez take you inside the months-long process of launching Planet Money Records. Plus, listener reaction to our episodes, an update on streaming metrics for "Inflation," and what's next in the story.
Find more information about how subscribers can unlock sponsor-free access to The Indicator and Planet Money Summer School: https://help.npr.org/contact/s/article?name=planet-money-plus-indicator-summer-school
Email the show at planetmoney@npr.org.
Nov 14, 202211:36
The E-Book Wars
In 2019, a group of librarians (quietly) stormed the offices of a major publisher, Macmillan, to protest a controversial policy on e-books. On this show, how a tiny change - a book on a screen - threw an industry into war with itself.
Nov 11, 202225:53
Peak Sand (classic)
Sand. It's in buildings, windows, your cell phone. But there isn't enough in the world for everyone. And that's created a dangerous black market.
Nov 09, 202217:50
Planet Money tries election polling
Polling is facing an existential crisis. Few people are answering the phone, and fewer people want to answer surveys. On today's show, we pick up the phones ourselves to find out how polling got to this place, and what the future of the poll looks like.
Nov 04, 202228:13
Planet Money tries election polling
Polling is facing an existential crisis. Few people are answering the phone, and fewer people want to answer surveys. On today's show, we pick up the phones ourselves to find out how polling got to this place, and what the future of the poll looks like.
Nov 04, 202228:13
Two Indicators shaking China's economy
Xi Jinping recently secured his third term as China's president – so we're looking at two shocks to the world's second-largest economy. First: How China's housing boom turned into a real estate crisis. Second: How the recent U.S. ban on selling advanced semiconductor chips to China could affect China's technology industry.
Nov 02, 202219:21
Jacob Goldstein on why 'money is a made-up thing' (Planet Money+)
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Money isn't something you find in nature. It didn't exist until people invented it — and it's reinvented time after time. Studying that process helped former Planet Money host Jacob Goldstein think about money in a different way.
In this episode for Planet Money+ subscribers, Jacob sits down with Mary Childs to discuss his book, Money: The True Story Of A Made-Up Thing. More about the book here: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/jacob-goldstein/money/9780316417181/
Jacob Goldstein is also the host of What's Your Problem? from Pushkin Industries. More about the show here: https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/whats-your-problem
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Money isn't something you find in nature. It didn't exist until people invented it — and it's reinvented time after time. Studying that process helped former Planet Money host Jacob Goldstein think about money in a different way.
In this episode for Planet Money+ subscribers, Jacob sits down with Mary Childs to discuss his book, Money: The True Story Of A Made-Up Thing. More about the book here: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/jacob-goldstein/money/9780316417181/
Jacob Goldstein is also the host of What's Your Problem? from Pushkin Industries. More about the show here: https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/whats-your-problem
Find more information about how subscribers can unlock sponsor-free access to The Indicator and Planet Money Summer School: https://help.npr.org/contact/s/article?name=planet-money-plus-indicator-summer-school
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Oct 31, 202222:42
Planet Money Records Vol. 2: The Negotiation
We got our hands on the long-lost "Inflation" song, and now it's time to put it out into the world. So, we started a record label, and we're diving into the music business to try and make a hit.
(This episode is part two of a series. Listen to part one here.)
(This episode is part two of a series. Listen to part one here.)
Oct 29, 202226:41
Planet Money Records Vol. 1: Earnest Jackson
We try to start a real record label. Just to put one song out there. It's a song about inflation, recorded in 1975... and never released. Until now.<br /><br /><em>(This episode is part one of a two-part series)</em>
Oct 27, 202225:27
The high cost of a strong dollar
When it comes to international trade and finance, everyone pretty much speaks one language: the U.S. dollar. So when the Federal Reserve hikes interest rates and the dollar suddenly gets strong, it can cause huge headaches all over the world.
Oct 22, 202227:42
The money fixers (classic)
How do you mend a broken bill? On this classic episode, we visit the Mutilated Currency Division.
Oct 19, 202217:34
Saving, borrowing, spending: an economist's take on popular advice (Planet Money+)
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'Save aggressively for retirement when you're young. The stock market is a sure-fire long-term bet. Fixed-rate mortgages are better than adjustable-rate mortgages.' Popular financial advice like that appears in all kinds of books by financial thinkfluencers. But how does their advice stack up against more traditional economic thinking?
That's the question Yale economist James Choi set out to answer in a paper called Popular Personal Financial Advice Versus The Professors. He told Greg Rosalsky what he found. Their conversation marks another edition of Behind The Newsletter, where Greg shares interviews with policy makers and economists who appear in the Planet Money newsletter.
Find more information about how subscribers can unlock sponsor-free access to The Indicator and Planet Money Summer School: https://help.npr.org/contact/s/article?name=planet-money-plus-indicator-summer-school
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'Save aggressively for retirement when you're young. The stock market is a sure-fire long-term bet. Fixed-rate mortgages are better than adjustable-rate mortgages.' Popular financial advice like that appears in all kinds of books by financial thinkfluencers. But how does their advice stack up against more traditional economic thinking?
That's the question Yale economist James Choi set out to answer in a paper called Popular Personal Financial Advice Versus The Professors. He told Greg Rosalsky what he found. Their conversation marks another edition of Behind The Newsletter, where Greg shares interviews with policy makers and economists who appear in the Planet Money newsletter.
Find more information about how subscribers can unlock sponsor-free access to The Indicator and Planet Money Summer School: https://help.npr.org/contact/s/article?name=planet-money-plus-indicator-summer-school
Email the show at planetmoney@npr.org.
Oct 17, 202231:03
Saving, borrowing, spending: an economist's take on popular advice (Planet Money+)
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'Save aggressively for retirement when you're young. The stock market is a sure-fire long-term bet. Fixed-rate mortgages are better than adjustable-rate mortgages.' Popular financial advice like that appears in all kinds of books by financial thinkfluencers. But how does their advice stack up against more traditional economic thinking?
That's the question Yale economist James Choi set out to answer in a paper called Popular Personal Financial Advice Versus The Professors. He told Greg Rosalsky what he found. Their conversation marks another edition of Behind The Newsletter, where Greg shares interviews with policy makers and economists who appear in the Planet Money newsletter.
Find more information about how subscribers can unlock sponsor-free access to The Indicator and Planet Money Summer School: https://help.npr.org/contact/s/article?name=planet-money-plus-indicator-summer-school
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'Save aggressively for retirement when you're young. The stock market is a sure-fire long-term bet. Fixed-rate mortgages are better than adjustable-rate mortgages.' Popular financial advice like that appears in all kinds of books by financial thinkfluencers. But how does their advice stack up against more traditional economic thinking?
That's the question Yale economist James Choi set out to answer in a paper called Popular Personal Financial Advice Versus The Professors. He told Greg Rosalsky what he found. Their conversation marks another edition of Behind The Newsletter, where Greg shares interviews with policy makers and economists who appear in the Planet Money newsletter.
Find more information about how subscribers can unlock sponsor-free access to The Indicator and Planet Money Summer School: https://help.npr.org/contact/s/article?name=planet-money-plus-indicator-summer-school
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Oct 17, 202231:03
You asked for coupons, Delaware, and the truth about goldfish
On today's show, we're answering listener questions from the Planet Money inbox. Like, who really benefits from retail coupons? And why are goldfish so cheap?
Oct 15, 202223:00
Two Indicators: back to school
It's fall, so on this episode, we're taking you back to school. First, what sorority rush can teach us about a particular kind of market. Then, how two economists fixed the way macroeconomics was taught in high schools. It's econ, inside and outside the classroom.
Oct 12, 202217:49
Two Indicators: back to school
It's fall, so on this episode, we're taking you back to school. First, what sorority rush can teach us about a particular kind of market. Then, how two economists fixed the way macroeconomics was taught in high schools. It's econ, inside and outside the classroom.
Oct 12, 202217:49
Forging Taiwan's Silicon Shield
Taiwan is at the center of a global feud. Its main defense may be what some call its "Silicon Shield" — its powerful semiconductor industry. On today's show, the story of how one economic hero helped to transform Taiwan's economy and create the "Taiwan Miracle."
Oct 07, 202230:33
Economic anarchy in the UK
Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister of the UK, was determined to change the British economy. Instead, her government's mini-budget helped kick off a mini-financial crisis.
Oct 05, 202221:31
Economic anarchy in the UK
Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister of the UK, was determined to change the British economy. Instead, her government's mini-budget helped kick off a mini-financial crisis.
Oct 05, 202221:31
Five Firsts - Part 2 (Planet Money+)
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In our last 'Five Firsts' episode, Amanda Aronczyk asked Nick Fountain about his first job, first Planet Money story, and first thing he does to get ready for the workday. This episode, they flip the script — and Nick puts the same questions to Amanda. (Just don't tell her dog about Banana.) Plus: a lightning-round edition of 'Overrated/Underrated.'
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In our last 'Five Firsts' episode, Amanda Aronczyk asked Nick Fountain about his first job, first Planet Money story, and first thing he does to get ready for the workday. This episode, they flip the script — and Nick puts the same questions to Amanda. (Just don't tell her dog about Banana.) Plus: a lightning-round edition of 'Overrated/Underrated.'
Find more information about how subscribers can unlock sponsor-free access to The Indicator and Planet Money Summer School: https://help.npr.org/contact/s/article?name=planet-money-plus-indicator-summer-school
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Oct 03, 202215:07
Would you like a side of offshoring with that?
A lot of restaurants took a hit during the pandemic. And when they struggled to find workers, some found surprising solutions. On today's show, what happens when you offshore cashiers.
Sep 30, 202222:38
The miracle apple (Classic)
Today on the show, how we got from mealy, nasty apples to apples that taste delicious. The story starts with a breeder who discovered a miracle apple. But discovering that apple wasn't enough.
Sep 28, 202213:51
Econ's Brush with the Law
What happens when you take some of the most powerful people in America — federal judges — and teach them economics? We look at the swanky econ retreats that may have changed American law forever.
Sep 23, 202221:58
The Midnight Connection
Sep 21, 202233:20
The Midnight Connection
Sep 21, 202233:20
The Midnight Connection
Sep 21, 202233:20
The Indicator is piloting a new quiz game. You could be a contestant! (Planet Money+)
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Planet Money's daily economics podcast, The Indicator, is piloting a new quiz game — and searching for contestants. In this episode, host Wailin Wong and producer Corey Bridges tell you how to enter for a chance to appear on the show and test your economic smarts!
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Planet Money's daily economics podcast, The Indicator, is piloting a new quiz game — and searching for contestants. In this episode, host Wailin Wong and producer Corey Bridges tell you how to enter for a chance to appear on the show and test your economic smarts!
Find more information about how subscribers can unlock sponsor-free access to The Indicator and Planet Money Summer School: https://help.npr.org/contact/s/article?name=planet-money-plus-indicator-summer-school
Email the show at planetmoney@npr.org.
Sep 19, 202208:51
Vibecession Vibes Session
We're not in a recession, but why are the vibes feeling so off? We put the question to an economist and one expert on "vibes" and also hire a jazz band to take a pun way too far.
Sep 17, 202226:42
The Good, the Bad, and the Uggly
Eddie Oygur is an Australian businessman who's sold sheepskin ugg boots for years. But one day, he was hit with a lawsuit for breaking American trademark law. On today's show — what's in the name ugg?
Sep 15, 202230:18
Two Indicators: unlikely economic relationships
On today's show - how your social circle is one of the strongest predictors of economic mobility and how pop music reflects the economy.
Sep 09, 202218:44
The salvage car Silk Road
A practically brand new Lexus with a New Jersey inspection sticker lands on an auto body lot in Turkmenistan. How did it get there? To find out, we journey into the bizarro economy for misfit cars. And we follow a very different kind of journey – of the auto body repairman from Turkmenistan who brought us this story in the first place. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
Sep 08, 202228:07
Five Firsts From Behind The Scenes Hosting And Reporting (Planet Money+)
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This episode, Amanda Aronczyk and Nick Fountain present a new segment we're calling 'Five Firsts' — five questions about our first jobs, first episodes, the first things we check off our to-do list each morning. Plus: a lightning-round edition of 'Overrated/Underrated.'
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This episode, Amanda Aronczyk and Nick Fountain present a new segment we're calling 'Five Firsts' — five questions about our first jobs, first episodes, the first things we check off our to-do list each morning. Plus: a lightning-round edition of 'Overrated/Underrated.'
Find more information about how subscribers can unlock sponsor-free access to The Indicator and Planet Money Summer School: https://help.npr.org/contact/s/article?name=planet-money-plus-indicator-summer-school
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Sep 05, 202214:17
Breaking down the price of gasoline
Sep 03, 202228:11
SUMMER SCHOOL 8: Productivity & Getting Lit
Productivity is our economic measure for how far our work goes, as individuals and as a society over all. It plays an important role in determining our quality of life, the prices of our goods and services, and, to some extent, the amount of free time we have. Today, we explore how thousands of years of productivity advancements transformed something now so standard that we take it for granted: light. | At this Summer School, phones ARE allowed during class... Check out this week's PM TikTok! | Listen to past seasons of Summer School here.
Aug 31, 202230:11
Wake up and smell the fraud
Aug 26, 202222:05
SUMMER SCHOOL 7: The Fed & Volcker's Socks
The Federal Reserve plays a very important role in the economy. When things start to look uncertain, the central bank is tasked with stepping in to restore people's confidence in the economy. But how do they do it? On today's episode we dive deep on monetary policy and the role of the fed. |At this Summer School, phones ARE allowed during class... Check out this week's PM TikTok! | Listen to past seasons of Summer School here.
Aug 24, 202231:43
Movie Club: Brewster's Millions and how we'd spend a fortune (Planet Money+)
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Imagine you stand to inherit hundreds of millions of dollars from a long-lost relative. But the money comes with a catch. You don't get any of it unless you spend a small fortune first — to prove you know the true value of money.
That's the story of Brewster's Millions, a 1985 movie starring Richard Pryor as a man whose long-lost uncle leaves him $300 million, on the condition he spends $30 million in 30 days. He can't give it away, he can't acquire any assets, and he must receive value for any services he pays for.
It's an economic experiment that has intrigued Hollywood for decades: based on a 1902 novel, Brewster's Millions was previously adapted into a radio play in 1937 and a film in 1945. It's also our pick for this edition of the Planet Money+ movie club, where we watch and discuss movies about finance or the economy. This episode: Kenny Malone, Wailin Wong, and Sam Yellowhorse Kesler.
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Imagine you stand to inherit hundreds of millions of dollars from a long-lost relative. But the money comes with a catch. You don't get any of it unless you spend a small fortune first — to prove you know the true value of money.
That's the story of Brewster's Millions, a 1985 movie starring Richard Pryor as a man whose long-lost uncle leaves him $300 million, on the condition he spends $30 million in 30 days. He can't give it away, he can't acquire any assets, and he must receive value for any services he pays for.
It's an economic experiment that has intrigued Hollywood for decades: based on a 1902 novel, Brewster's Millions was previously adapted into a radio play in 1937 and a film in 1945. It's also our pick for this edition of the Planet Money+ movie club, where we watch and discuss movies about finance or the economy. This episode: Kenny Malone, Wailin Wong, and Sam Yellowhorse Kesler.
Here's where subscribers can find more information about unlocking sponsor-free access to The Indicator and Planet Money Summer School: https://help.npr.org/contact/s/article?name=planet-money-plus-indicator-summer-school
Email the show at planetmoney@npr.org.
Aug 22, 202229:03
Inflation reduction actually
Aug 19, 202221:12