Best Planet Money episodes upvoted by the community

#919: Are Cities Overrated?

June 14, 2019 • 18m

Big cities used to be the land of opportunity for most people. But with changes in work, some economists are wondering: Are cities overrated?

#982: How To Save The Economy Now

March 20, 2020 • 14m

Neel Kashkari is the President of the Minneapolis Fed. And he's run a bailout of an economy already. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

#931: The IT Guy Vs. The Con Artist

August 07, 2019 • 22m

A notorious con artist offered Felipe an IT job. He took the job —and tried to con the con man.

#651: The Salmon Taboo

June 05, 2019 • 17m

In Japan, salmon used to be garbage fish. Today, it's a delicacy. How one Norwegian with a lot of extra fish changed the tastes of a nation.

#987: The Race To Make Ventilators

March 31, 2020 • 24m

Ventilators are the supply and demand problem of the COVID pandemic. We go inside the scramble to build more, fast. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

#859: You Asked For Even More

August 10, 2018

You have a lot of questions... about tariffs, unemployment rates, and RV dealerships, to name a few. We have answers.

Seed Spy

June 27, 2020 • 26m

Espionage. Deceit. Theft. In this episode we follow the case of a global effort to steal top secret high technology: seeds. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

#699: Kansas City Vs. Kansas City

November 17, 2018

A bunch of you asked why so many cities threw billions in tax breaks at Amazon. It reminded us of an episode we did in 2016.

#969: The Island No One Owns

February 01, 2020 • 29m

In Barbuda, land isn't a thing you buy. It's something you just... have. Put up a fence and it's yours. But all that might change. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

The Old Rules Were Dumb Anyway

August 28, 2020 • 22m

When the pandemic hit, the old rules went out the window. What rules will stay broken when things go back to normal?Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

Hollywood's Black List

July 10, 2020 • 24m

In 2005, an anonymous list of the best unmade scripts in Hollywood shook up the movie biz. This episode: how a math-loving, movie nerd solved Hollywood's script problem. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

#941: Three Bets

September 28, 2019 • 22m

We jog to New Jersey to bet on tennis, we solve a mystery in Las Vegas, and we venture into the world of video game loot. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

#826: The Vodka Proof

February 23, 2018

Vodka is the best selling spirit in the United States, and there are zillions of brands. But is there any difference between them?

#945: The Liberty City

October 19, 2019 • 24m

A man in Texas had a dream: To build a whole new kind of city, with no property tax, no debt, and a whole lot of freedom. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

Your Brain On Retail Trading

September 01, 2020 • 10m

Stock-picking retail traders have been jumping into the market this year. They may not understand the risks.

#922: The Cost of Getting Your Money Back

June 27, 2019 • 20m

Accidentally sending $1,500 to a stranger on Venmo reveals just how hard it is to get your money back in the new economy.

#915: How To Meddle In An Election

May 24, 2019 • 23m

In which someone runs a science experiment on an actual election, on actual voters, to test the persuasive power of ethically sketchy methods.

Waste Land

September 11, 2020 • 24m

Recycling plastic has never worked very well. So who convinced us this was a good idea? Today on the show, we might have the answer. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

Big Rigged

August 14, 2020 • 25m

Driving a truck used to mean freedom. Now it means a mountain of debt. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

#889: The Pay-What-You-Want Experiment

January 18, 2019 • 20m

In 2010, Panera launched several pay-what-you-want cafes. On today's show: How this charitable experiment worked out.