A great economics paper does two things. It takes on a big question, and it finds a smart way to answer that question.But some papers... Read more

Monopoly is one of the best-selling board games in history. The game's staying power may in part be because of strong American lore — the... Read more

Some of history's biggest financial scams owe their name to Charles Ponzi. Here's the story of the man behind the eponymous scheme. | Subscribe to... Read more

Driving a truck used to mean freedom. Now it means a mountain of debt.Subscribe to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney... Read more

If the Fed had a mantra to go along with its mandate, it might well be "two percent." We look into how that became the... Read more

Welcome to the Planet Money Movie Club, a regular series from Planet Money+ in which we watch an economics-related movie and discuss! On today's episode,... Read more

All sorts of lessons (even about economics) can be learned from kids' books. On today's show, we visit an elementary school to try to teach... Read more

It's that time of year again! Our annual year-end tradition of checking in on previous stories to hear what happened after the microphones stopped running.We'll... Read more