Planet Money Summer School
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Planet Money Summer School
Economics is a game you should know how to play. And once you get the fundamental concepts, you start to see it everywhere: the news, the supermarket and even your dating life. So it's time to learn the rules. Planet Money Summer School is a crash course in economics for your ears. See the world thr...
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World Tour 8: The continent nobody owns & everyone benefits from
This episode is packed with your best economic ideas from around the world and a penguin interview. It all comes together in this final session of Sum...
World Tour 7: Getting entrepreneurial in Korea
This week’s stop on our world tour - Korea. A country divided into two very different power structures since the end of WWII. Today South Korea is the...
World Tour 6: Currency Chaos in Argentina
Just about everyone in Argentina is an expert in inflation and whether they like it or not, economic flexibility. Can we learn from them?
World Tour 5: Sand heists and property rights in the Caribbean
Imagine a nation where, for the residents, land is for the claiming. You walk down the street, pick out a nice looking plot of land, and just plop dow...
World Tour 4: How to beat the resource curse in Norway
Let’s call it the luxury of restraint. This is what enabled Norway to avoid the fate of so many other countries when they discovered oil and it change...
World Tour 3: Piles of cash and a town of solutions in Kenya, Nigeria
Let’s head to a small town in Kenya that’s become globally famous for helping economists answer some of the biggest questions facing humanity.
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World Tour 2: Building things and breaking things in China
China’s turbocharged growth may have made it rich, but now it has to deal with rich country problems.
High-speed trains that connect eve...
World Tour 1: Finding the world’s best economic ideas
Come along as we travel the world in search of the best economic ideas to bring home!
From the beaches of Barbuda to the fjords of Norway...
Govt 8: Graduation LIVE!
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Today on our final episode of Summer School 2025, we will test your knowledge. We w...
Govt 7: Trade blocks and blockages (Trade Policy)
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Tariffs are the favorite tool of our current president, but there are lots of othe...
Govt 6: When the markets need fixing (Market Design)
In economics, a market is a place (even virtual) where buyers and sellers interact to exchange goods or services. Economists love markets. It's like...
Govt 5: The many ways governments influence industry (Industrial Policy)
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Traditional economics says the market is guided by the forces of supply and demand. Cu...
Govt 4: Our National Rulemaker (Regulations)
LIVE SHOW: August 18th in Brooklyn. Tickets here. (Planet Money+ supporters get a 10 percent discount off their tickets. Listen to the July 8th bonus...
Govt 3: You are what you pay for (Budgets)
Although it seems like the government can spend an endless amount of money, it cannot actually do all the things it wants to do. So the big question...
Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media
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Govt 2: How taxes change behavior and the economy (Taxes)
We all know the government uses taxes to pay for things. But what about using taxes to control behavior? This week on Summer School, Professor Darrick...
Govt 1: Why Are Some Countries Rich and Some Countries Poor? (Institutions)
Government. The Big G. We like to imagine the free market and the invisible hand as being independent from political influence. But Nobel laureate,...
History 8: Big ideas and life lessons from Marx, Keynes and Smith and more
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History 7: The Great Depression, the New Deal and how it changed our economy
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When we las...
History 6: China, Taiwan and how nations grow rich
Episodes each Wednesday through labor day. Find all the episodes from this season here. And past seasons here. And follow along on TikTok here for vid...
History 5: 250 years of trade history in three chapters
Episodes each Wednesday through labor day. Find all the episodes from this season here. And past seasons here. And follow along on TikTok here for vid...
History 4: Banker vs president and the birth of the dollar
Episodes each Wednesday through labor day. Find all the episodes from this season here. And past seasons here. And follow along on TikTok here for vid...
History 3: The first stock and perpetual life
Episodes each Wednesday through labor day. Find all the episodes from this season here. And past seasons here. And follow along on TikTok here for vid...
History 2: The golden ages of labor and looms
Who has the power? Workers or bosses? It changes through the ages, though it's usually the bosses. Today, we look at two key moments when the power of...
History 1: Money and the stone coin at the bottom of the sea
Planet Money Summer School is back for eight weeks. Join as we travel back in time to find the origins of our economic way of life. Today we ask surpr...
MBA 8: Graduation and the Guppy Tank
Congratulations to the Planet Money Summer School Class of 2023!
Today, you become masters of business administration... spelled with lo...
MBA 7: Negotiating and the empathetic nibble
How do you get the best deal? How do you know you're getting the best deal? Whether you're talking down the price of a car or talking up your salary,...
MBA 6: Operations and 25,000 roses
"It's difficult to control everything," says our guest professor for this week, Santiago Gallino. "What is not difficult is to plan for everything." T...
MBA 5: Tech and the innovator's dilemma
For anyone running a business, technology is both threat and opportunity. Today, we run through techniques entrepreneurs can use to take advantage of...
MBA 4: Marketing and the Ultimate Hose Nozzle
In this session of Planet Money Summer School, we are getting the word out about your brand. How do you convince consumers to buy your product, even i...
MBA 3: Accounting and the Last Supper
Usually, the first class that an MBA student takes is accounting. That involves, yes, equations and counting widgets...but it's more than that. Inside...
MBA 2: Competition and the cheaper sneaker
For episode 2 of Planet Money Summer School, we are talking strategy. You have your million dollar business idea, and maybe some money in your pocket...
MBA 1: Planet Money goes to business school
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Macroeconomics 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 ou...
Macroeconomics 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 re...
Macroeconomics 6: Trade & The Better Life
International trade is the web of cross-border relationships that binds economies together. Because of trade we have access to cheaper, higher-quality...
Macroeconomics 5: Car Parts, Celery & The Labor Market
You can learn a lot about a person from their job. The same can be said of an economy. The market for jobs can us a lot about how the economy is doing...
Macroeconomics 4: Inflation & Drinking Buddies
Inflation can be one of the scariest forces in the economy. As prices rise and your dollar doesn't go as far, you feel poorer, and it's all out of you...
Macroeconomics 3: Booms, Busts & Us
Life has its ups and downs. Same for the economy. Today we ask, can the business cycle be tamed? Two stories of recession and techniques for moderatin...
Macroeconomics 2: GDP & What Counts
What even is "the economy"? And how do you measure it? Our path out of the economic darkness and into the light has been guided in large part by one s...