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Episode 843: Swamp Gravy

May 25, 2018 • Today on the show: A small town stakes its future on writing, directing, and starring in a musical.

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Episode 643: The Taxi King

May 23, 2018 • Gene Freidman built a taxi empire. We visited him before he was in legal trouble.

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Episode 842: Showdown at the WTO

May 18, 2018 • The World Trade Organization: Can't live with it, hard to crush your trade opponents without it.

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Episode 696: Class Action

May 16, 2018 • Class actions run from big civil rights cases to arguments about pepper. Are they noble, or silly?

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Episode 841: The Land Of Duty Free

May 11, 2018 • We meet the man who invented duty free shopping and find out if these tax free stores are really saving us any money.

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Episode 840: Fixing Chicken

May 9, 2018 • Today on the show: A chicken index, some Wall Street investors, and an unlikely whistle-blower.

Episode 839: The Indicator Goes To California

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Episode 839: The Indicator Goes To California

May 4, 2018 • California is way more than Hollywood. Today on the show, we look at what else is going on in this powerhouse state economy.

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Episode 575: The Fondue Conspiracy

May 2, 2018 • Today on the show: How a cheese cartel abandoned the rules of economics and convinced the world to eat fondue.

Episode 838: A Series of Mysterious Packages

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Episode 838: A Series of Mysterious Packages

April 27, 2018 • Unordered trinkets have been arriving at homes around the country. We try to find out why.

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Episode 640: The Bottom Of The Well

April 25, 2018 • Today on the show: the economics of drought, and why the rational thing to do in California right now is use more water.

Episode 837: The Belt, The Road And The Money

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Episode 837: The Belt, The Road And The Money

April 20, 2018 • Today on the show, we connect the dots between New York, Uganda, Prague, and China's thirst for resources.

Episode 836: The Rational Madness Of The Used Car Salesman

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Episode 836: The Rational Madness Of The Used Car Salesman

April 18, 2018 • Why are used car commercials so annoying? Meet the original sinner.

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Episode 835: Tariffied

April 13, 2018 • We're in a full-fledged trade war with China. We dig into the list of Chinese tariffs on American products. It gets weird...and delicious.

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Episode 661: The Less Deadly Catch

April 11, 2018 • Today on the show: how an economic fix helped made the deadliest job in America safer, and why people are angry about it.

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Episode 834: NDA Tell-All

April 6, 2018 • Today on the show, we talk to one of the most famous NDA breakers of all time, and ask: If you've made an agreement like that, is there a legal way out?

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Episode 685: Larry vs. The IRS

April 4, 2018 • What exactly would happen if you didn't pay your taxes? Today on the show, we follow one man who did just that.

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Episode 833: Worst. Tariffs. Ever.

March 30, 2018 • Tariffs are stupid. This is one of the few things economists can agree on. Today, we bring you the story of the worst tariffs ever.

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Episode 832: Mulvaney Vs The CFPB

March 28, 2018 • What happens when you put someone who wants to close an agency, in charge of that agency? Today on the show, we find out.

Episode 671: An Insider Trader Tells All

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Episode 671: An Insider Trader Tells All

March 23, 2018 • A man who got caught insider trading explains everything — what he did, how he did it, and why.

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Episode 831: The Golden Rules

March 21, 2018 • Planet Money joins the gold rush 170 years late. And the rules are still about the same. How did that happen?

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Episode 454: The Lollipop War

March 16, 2018 • What do sugar farmers have against candy? A lot, according to candy manufacturers.

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Episode 830: XXX-XX-XXXX

March 14, 2018 • How did the social security number become the most important identifier in the United States? And is that even a good idea?