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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...

Summer School 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...

What Kamala Harris' economic agenda might look like

Last weekend we were all thrown for a loop when President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and...

The color monopoly

In 2022, artist Stuart Semple opened up his laptop to find that all his designs had turned black overnight. All...

Summer School 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...

Rooftop solar's dark side

4.5 million households in the U.S. have solar panels on their homes. Most of those customers are happy with it...

Summer School 1: An Economic History of the World

Planet Money Summer School is back for eight weeks. Join as we travel back in time to find the origins...

How flying got so bad (or did it?)

We often hear that air travel is worse than it’s ever been. Gone are the days when airplanes touted piano...

The two companies driving the modern economy

At the core of most of the electronics we use today are some very tiny, very powerful chips. Semiconductor chips...