How a great economics paper can surprise you, delight you, and even change your life.

Monopoly is a game legendary for its celebration of American capitalism, but its creator envisioned something very different.

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

Driving a truck used to mean freedom. Now it means a mountain of debt.Subscribe to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts... more

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

Welcome to the Planet Money Movie Club, a regular series from Planet Money+ in which we watch an economics-related movie... more

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

It's that time of year again! Our annual year-end tradition of checking in on previous stories to hear what happened... more

Hosts of Planet Money and The Indicator make their cases for which economic indicator defined 2022.

Cold economic reasoning says, supposedly, that gifts are inefficient transfers of wealth. But Planet Money host Jeff Guo believes in... more