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Today on the show: how an economic fix helped made the deadliest job in America safer, and why people are angry about it.

The CBO projects the federal budget deficit could top 800 billion dollars this year... and reach a cool trillion by 2020. So ... what?

Data, the humanities, and the suburbs: Tyler returns for another round of Overrated vs. Underrated

Women still make less than men in the U.S. Exactly how much less is not necessarily a straightforward question.

Today on the show, we talk to one of the most famous NDA breakers of all time, and ask: If you've made an agreement like that, is there a legal way out?

Chinese tariffs could threaten more than 1.8 million American jobs.

Five interesting facts about our world that you probably didn't know.

What exactly would happen if you didn't pay your taxes? Today on the show, we follow one man who did just that.

Cross-genre musical collaboration used be a small niche in the popular music scene. Today it's verging on domination.

In 1907, America's financial system ran into trouble. Trust in financial institutions evaporated, and contagion swept through the economy. Then John Pierpont Morgan stepped in.

The tariffs China just imposed on American-made items will cost the U.S. about 3 billion dollars a year. That's not much to the nation, but it's a big deal if you make one of the products on the list.

Tariffs are stupid. This is one of the few things economists can agree on. Today, we bring you the story of the worst tariffs ever.

Have you ever wanted to watch video of the people who make NPR acting out Planet Money stories? Well, who asked you anyway.

A long-term trend of Americans withdrawing from the workforce due to disability has gone into reverse.

What happens when you put someone who wants to close an agency, in charge of that agency? Today on the show, we find out.

The census is more than a headcount. It determines how federal dollars are spent and how districts are represented in Congress.

For 70 years, a Coca-Cola cost a nickel. The price didn't change. How is that even possible?

Americans spend more on healthcare than people in other high-income countries, and it's not because we use more of it.

From Google Maps to Yelp to Instagram, the internet gives us access to all sorts of services without having to pay a cent. But are they really free?

A man who got caught insider trading explains everything — what he did, how he did it, and why.

One of the best gauges of the state of the oil business is a pretty simple one: just count the drilling rigs.

Independent bookstores are experiencing a surprising renaissance.

Trump says we have a trade deficit with Canada. He's right... and he's also wrong.

Planet Money joins the gold rush 170 years late. And the rules are still about the same. How did that happen?

The debate over tariffs is nothing new. In fact, it's as old as the country itself. A look at how the debate began.

Having disrupted the music business, Spotify is trying the same trick with the stock market.

What do sugar farmers have against candy? A lot, according to candy manufacturers.

The man who wrote the book on the collapse of Bear Stearns talks about what happened a decade ago and where we are today.

Bill McBride has been remarkably prescient about the big swings in the U.S. economy. And he's starting to get uneasy.

This is the story of how the invention of the 747 and some bad French phone lines led to the creation of the modern credit card.

How did the social security number become the most important identifier in the United States? And is that even a good idea?

The justification used by the Trump administration for its steel and aluminum tariffs is riskier for the global trading system than the tariffs themselves.

Team Indicator takes your questions, concerns, and James Bond-related car trivia.

Creative destruction is a fact of economic life that few products can resist. Graphing calculators are a notable exception

Two guys from different ends of the political spectrum agree that the economy is rigged. And they think they know who's responsible.

Why has the share of women in the labor force been stagnant for almost two decades?

In the red corner: the uncontested retail champion of the world: WalMart. In the blue corner, the behemoth of online sales: Amazon.

There's something wrong with the way we're doing science. Today on the show, we find out how to fix it.

What happens when a classical economist finds out the world is much more complicated than he thought?

Cobalt used to be a sideshow on the periodic table. Now it's the main event.

The average American car is now more expensive than it's ever been. And guess what? Sales of new cars are falling.

We ponder the price of chicken, safe haven currencies, and the cash value of coupons. Why? Because you asked.

There's a sweet spot for every oil well in America.

Over the past two decades, prices on average have increased. But certain things have gotten cheaper while others have gotten more expensive, and which is which can tell us a lot.

What do human blood, the conservative tax plan, and beer hops tell us about the world? Find out in today's episode.

To understand the Trump administration's approach to trade tariffs, look no further than the humble rubber band.

A story about hagglers, Quakers and department store founders.

Just kidding, it was the frozen chicken — then came the American tax that helped shape the domestic market for trucks.

We have a new Federal Reserve Chair. His name is Jay Powell. Here's what we can expect.

Why productivity could be the most important data point in the economy... and how did KFC manage to run out of chicken in the UK - for an entire week?