We used to think some jobs were safe from automation. Though machines have transformed industries like agriculture and manufacturing, the conventional wisdom was that they... Read more

Lyle Jack wants to build a wind farm on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. But to make the project work, he has to... Read more

It's time for another installment of ... Planet Money Predictions! *air horn* Last year, we invited two economic forecasters to tell us what they saw... Read more

For the last four decades, technology has been mostly a force for greater inequality and a shrinking middle class. But new empirical evidence suggests that... Read more

Economists say that inflation is just too much money chasing too few goods.But something else can make inflation stick around.If you think of the 1970s,... Read more

(Note: this episode originally ran in 2019.)In the 1800s, catching your train on time was no easy feat. Every town had its own "local time,"... Read more

Back in 2005, Burt Banks inherited a plot of old family land in Delaware. But when it came time to sell it, he ran into... Read more

When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up? An astronaut, a doctor or maybe a famous athlete? Today one... Read more