Episode 217: The Art Of Living At The Poverty Line
Meet a single mother who makes $16,000 a year — and who managed to fund a vacation at a Caribbean resort with an interest-free loan from one of the world's largest banks.
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Episode 460: It's Hard To Do Good
A retired contractor from Colorado has spent the past two years building a school in Haiti. If he had it to do over, he tells us, he might do things differently.
Episode 459: Getting It Right
On today's show: Three short stories about trying to figure out what things are really worth. Also, an update on our t-shirt project.
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Episode 458: Bangladesh's T-Shirt Economy
The Planet Money men's t-shirt will be made in part in Bangladesh.
Episode 457: Why Pink?
On today's show: What the color of the Planet Money t-shirt has to do with a painting from 1969.
Episode 456: Marijuana Arbitrage
Nearly 20 states have legalized marijuana to some degree. As it turns out, this has profound economic consequences for dealers all across the country.
Episode 224: The Cotton Wars
Meet a Brazilian who took on the world's largest superpower, a Texas cotton farmer who's tired of hearing the Brazilians complain, and a guy named Renato — a.k.a. Retaliation Master.
Episode 455: The Planet Money T-Shirt Is Finally (Almost) Here
We're making a t-shirt that tells the story of its own creation.
Episode 454: The Lollipop War
Sugar costs more in the U.S. than in the rest of the world. If you're in the candy business — if, say, you make 10 million lollipops a day — that's a big deal.
Episode 453: What Causes What?
On today's show we dive deep into the world of correlation and causation with Charles Wheelan, author of the new book, Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data.
Episode 452: How Much Should We Trust Economics?
This week, a grad student found a simple error in one of the most famous economics studies of the past several years. Should this change the way we think about economic research?
Episode 356: The Surprisingly Entertaining History Of The Income Tax
It includes multiple wars, a Supreme Court justice on his deathbed, and Donald Duck.
Episode 451: Why Some People Love Tax Day
On today's show, we look at a huge, often overlooked, surprisingly interesting corner of the tax code: The Earned Income Tax Credit.
Episode 450: Bitcoin Goes To The Moon
The value of the virtual currency is skyrocketing. Is that good or bad for bitcoin's future?
Episode 449: The Hidden Digital Wealth In Your Pocket
You can sell an old CD or used record. But what about songs from your iTunes library you no longer want? Or ebooks you've purchased? Do you have the right to resell these digital goods?
