NPR: Planet Money

Almost everyone in California agrees that there's not enough housing in the state. But no one wants building in their backyard.

Today on the show: the economics of drought, and why the rational thing to do in California right now is use more water.

Water isn't the only shortage California farmers are worried about. There's a labor drought, too.

A spat over tariffs is giving California ports pause.

Los Angeles - it's not what you think.

Today on the show, we connect the dots between New York, Uganda, Prague, and China's thirst for resources.

Concerns about the yield on the 10-year Treasury note going above three percent are overblown.

President Trump's objection to Amazon's deal with the Postal Service is based on dodgy data.

Why are used car commercials so annoying? Meet the original sinner.

China steals a lot of intellectual property from the U.S. The smartest thing for the U.S. to do in return might be ... nothing.

This is maybe not the best idea.

The way many Americans manage their taxes could be bad for their health.

Most people think you can't get rid of student loans in bankruptcy. Turns out most people are wrong.

We're in a full-fledged trade war with China. We dig into the list of Chinese tariffs on American products. It gets weird...and delicious.

The percentage of congressional representatives with a background in computers: THREE

Our show goes old school in this episode and brings you three under-appreciated economic indicators about things that affect us all.

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