Summer School 1: Planet Money goes to busines...

How do bookstores choose the books they stock, and how does that affect what customers read? It may not seem like it, but every shelf in a bookstore is a highly valuable and contested piece of commercial real estate. And for every new book that a bookstore decides to stock, there ...  Show more

Live event info and tickets here. If your company got bought by a private equity firm, how would you feel? Maybe a little nervous? You might find yourself wondering if there will be layoffs.And you’d be right to worry about that. Research shows that while private equity ownership ...  Show more

It's time to get your MBA — the easy way. We're sharing an episode from Planet Money's Summer School. In this lesson: Everyone has a million dollar business idea (e.g., "Shazam but for movies"), but not everyone has what it takes to be an entrepreneur. You'll hear two case studie ...  Show more

Are you ready to become impossible to ignore? To achieve unmatched success and financial freedom, it's never about where you start, it's about your journey to acquire skills and the ideas you choose to invest in. In today’s episode we explore the mind of Codie Sanchez, a successf ...  Show more

Picture this. You’ve got a brilliant business idea that you know will be amazing. You apply and get picked to be on Shark Tank and share your amazing business idea…and let’s take it one step further: you make a deal with Mark Cuban, one of the legendary sharks, to fund your busin ...  Show more

… literally, we’re discussing why some of the brightest minds at Stanford University need just as much instruction for their money as the typical American. At such a competitive school, with one of the lowest acceptance rates, you’d think those students have everything figured ...