Typewriters, Underwater Hotels And Picture Phones: The Future, As Seen From...
The 1964 World's Fair showcased jet packs and new miracles of science. There was an entire house made from Formica. You could wipe it clean with a sponge!The people who put the fair together tried to...
View ArticleHow College Students Battled Textbook Publishers To A Draw, In 3 Graphs
College textbooks are expensive. You probably already know this. A new biology or economics book can cost $300.And prices have been soaring, doubling over the past decade, growing faster than the price...
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The Spicy History Of Short Selling Stocks
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Our Planet Money team is exploring the world of short selling. Shorting a stock is the opposite of buying a...
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Bakers And The Birth Of The Minimum Wage
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: On January 1, 20 states raise their minimum wage and several states have additional increases planned in the...
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Greek Finance Minister Gets A Chance To Fix Beleaguered Economy
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript LINDA WERTHEIMER, BYLINE: There is a high-stakes international battle going on right now. On one side is Greece, on the other side,...
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On April Fools' Day, Planet Money Tries Out Economics Jokes
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Today is April 1, a day when you are likely to hear - if you haven't already - many bad jokes. In that...
View ArticleCEO Describes What It's Like When Investors Bet Against You
The online furniture company Wayfair is now one of the most shorted stocks. Our Planet Money team talks to its CEO about what it's like to be running a company when some investors are betting on your...
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'We Built A Robot That Types': The Man Behind Computerized Stock Trading
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The U.S. government wants to extradite a stock trader from the U.K. The U.S. says his activities helped...
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Casinos Switch Out Slot Machines For Games Of Skill
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Casinos Trading Slot Machines For Games Requiring Skill
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ARUN RATH, HOST: As if they didn't have enough, casinos are always looking for new ways to make money. Now, rather than focusing on...
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Doctors Plan Database On Cancer Drugs, Showing Effectiveness And Cost
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Now we have the story of information you get from your doctor as well as information you do not.DAVID GREENE,...
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Keynes Predicted We Would Be Working 15-Hour Weeks. Why Was He So Wrong?
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Massive Pacific Trade Agreement Ignores One Huge Tariff: Currency Manipulation
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Boom Town Presses Pause Amid Dramatic Drop In Oil Prices
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How Managing Money Creates Huge Profits For The Federal Reserve
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