You might have seen ads for online banking services that seem to offer a lot of great stuff — accounts you can open in minutesRead More »The hidden world behind your new "banking" app

Episodes each Wednesday through labor day. Find all the episodes from this season here. And past seasons here. And follow along on TikTok here forRead More »Summer School 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 forRead More »Summer School 5: 250 years of trade history in three chapters

Maybe you got a boring slip of paper in the mail. Maybe you got a spammy-looking email promising you money. Surprise! You’re in a classRead More »What to do when you're in a class action

Episodes each Wednesday through labor day. Find all the episodes from this season here. And past seasons here. And follow along on TikTok here forRead More »Summer School 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 forRead More »Summer School 3: The first stock and perpetual life

Last weekend we were all thrown for a loop when President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Kamala Harris for theRead More »What Kamala Harris' economic agenda might look like

In 2022, artist Stuart Semple opened up his laptop to find that all his designs had turned black overnight. All the colors, across files onRead More »The color monopoly

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 whenRead More »Summer School 2: The golden ages of labor and looms

4.5 million households in the U.S. have solar panels on their homes. Most of those customers are happy with it – their electricity bills haveRead More »Rooftop solar's dark side

Planet Money Summer School is back for eight weeks. Join as we travel back in time to find the origins of our economic way ofRead More »Summer School 1: An Economic History of the World

We often hear that air travel is worse than it’s ever been. Gone are the days when airplanes touted piano bars and meat carving stationsRead More »How flying got so bad (or did it?)