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LIV Golf is reportedly shutting down… sportswashing failed, so Saudi Arabia’s pivoting.Storage Units are America’s hottest real estate… but are getting banned by NIMBYs #StorageShamingQVC invented “shoppertainment” but is declaring bankruptcy… because it missed Netflix’s DVD 101 ...  Show more

Stocks hit All-Time-Highs in the middle of a war... Because of stock market gravity.Allbirds announced a pivot to artificial intelligence… and shares surged 800%.Alix Earle is beefing with Alex Cooper online… but the real battle is over their business models.Plus at coachella you ...  Show more

"Wanna see a trick? Give us any topic and we can tie it back to the economy."That is the bold promise in Planet Money's tagline. And we believe the show does live up to it. Over the last year, we've told stories about breakdancing, rum, pagers, buffets, colors, and heartbreak.But ...  Show more

Next week, JD Vance and Tim Walz will face off in the only confirmed vice presidential debate ahead of the election. As voters look ahead to what their economic policies might be, we look back to see what they have said and done, and how it turned out.Planet Money's newsletter au ...  Show more

Today on the show, hosts from Planet Money and The Indicator debate the economic indicators of this year and next year.First up, we try to identify the figure that best captured the essence of 2023. The contenders: the possible soft landing, consumer sentiment, and the housing ma ...  Show more

Memecoins are having a moment. Everyone from Hawk Tuah to President Donald Trump to animal influencers like Moo Deng the pygmy hippo have been turned into cryptocurrency. But what are the costs of all the hype?On today's show — a modern parable. How an orphaned baby rodent became ...  Show more