The Mystery of Inflation

NPR’s Anas Baba is one of the last remaining journalists in Gaza working full-time for an American news organization. A year into the ceasefire, more than 1400 people have been killed in Israeli attacks, nearly 5,000 injured. And those numbers rise nearly every day. What has the ...  Show more

We live in a moment with almost daily reminders of how fragile life on Earth is whether it be from climate change, nuclear weapons or AI. In this episode, we bring you a story from the not-so-distant past when we learned what drove dinosaurs to extinction. And how it might have h ...  Show more

The last few months have made us acutely aware of inflation. We all agree that it's making our lives harder, but economists disagree about what's causing it. A special episode from our friends at Planet Money: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510289/planet-moneySee pcm.adswizz.com fo ...  Show more

The single issue that might decide the upcoming presidential election also happens to be: very confusing. Political economist Mark Blyth helps us understand: how inflation starts, how inflation is stopped, and shares his theory about why the powers-that-be may be just as confused ...  Show more

The traditional explanation of inflation is simple: too much money chasing too few goods. But some experts are now wondering if companies’ aggressive pursuit of profit is driving up inflation as well. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked ...  Show more

I know we talk about it a LOT but inflation has massive implications. For those who make less money, it's impacting you more because your dollars aren't going as far as they used to. But where do we place our anger? Mark explains the main drivers of this level of inflation.See om ...  Show more