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Why are we so bummed about the economy?
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Why are we so bummed about the economy?

Would you say that you and your family are better off or worse off, financially, than you were a year ago? Do you think in 12 months we'll have good times, financially, or bad? Generally speaking, do you think now is a good time or a bad time to buy a house?

Why are we so bummed about the economy?

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How one Oregon entrepreneur is trying to sell marijuana out of state, legally

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How one Oregon entrepreneur is trying to sell marijuana out of state, legally

In the state of Oregon, there is a glut of grass. A wealth of weed. A crisis of chronic.

How one Oregon entrepreneur is trying to sell marijuana out of state, legally

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A very Planet Money Thanksgiving

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A very Planet Money Thanksgiving

Here at Planet Money, Thanksgiving is not just a time to feast on turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casseroles and pie(s). It's also a time to feast on economics. Today, we host a very Planet Money Thanksgiving feast, and solve a few economic questions along the way.

A very Planet Money Thanksgiving

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Economic fact in literary fiction

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Economic fact in literary fiction

Some of the most influential and beloved novels of the last few years have been about money, finance, and the global economy. Some overtly so, others more subtly. It got to the point where we just had to call up the authors to find out more: What brought them into this world? What did they learn? How were they thinking about economics when they wrote these beautiful books?

Economic fact in literary fiction

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China's real estate crisis, explained

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China's real estate crisis, explained

China's economic growth for the past few decades has been extraordinary. And much of that growth was fueled by real estate – it was like this miraculous economic engine for the country. But recently, that engine seems to have stopped working. And that has raised all kinds of questions not just for China but also for the global economy.

China's real estate crisis, explained

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The alleged theft at the heart of ChatGPT
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The alleged theft at the heart of ChatGPT

When best-selling thriller writer Douglas Preston began playing around with OpenAI's new chatbot, ChatGPT, he was, at first, impressed. But then he realized how much in-depth knowledge GPT had of the books he had written. When prompted, it supplied detailed plot summaries and descriptions of even minor characters. He was convinced it could only pull that off if it had read his books.

The alleged theft at the heart of ChatGPT

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We dare researchers to leave the ivory tower

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We dare researchers to leave the ivory tower

The world of economics has these two different sides. One one side, there are the economists in their cozy armchairs and dusty libraries, high up in their ivory towers. On the other, there's the messy world we're all living in, where those economics are actually playing out.

We dare researchers to leave the ivory tower

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FTC Chair Lina Khan on Antitrust in the age of Amazon

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FTC Chair Lina Khan on Antitrust in the age of Amazon

When Lina Khan was in law school back in 2017, she wrote a law review article called 'Amazon's Antitrust Paradox,' that went kinda viral in policy circles. In it, she argued that antitrust enforcement in the U.S. was behind the times. For decades, regulators had focused narrowly on consumer welfare, and they'd bring companies to court only when they thought consumers were being harmed by things like rising prices. But in the age of digital platforms like Amazon and Facebook, Khan argued in the article, the time had come for a more proactive approach to antitrust.

FTC Chair Lina Khan on Antitrust in the age of Amazon

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Antitrust in America, from Standard Oil to Bork (classic)

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Antitrust in America, from Standard Oil to Bork (classic)

Earlier this fall, the Federal Trade Commission filed a high-stakes lawsuit against Amazon.

Antitrust in America, from Standard Oil to Bork (classic)

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All you can eat economics
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All you can eat economics

You might expect to find economic concepts in the pages of an economics textbook. But you know where you can really see a lot of economic concepts in action? Buffets.

All you can eat economics

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