Credit Card Debt WalletHub CEO: Growing Credit Card Debt Is An Economic Warning SignNPRNPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Odysseas Papadimitriou, CEO of WalletHub, about growing credit card debt and what it means for the economy. Transcript LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The U.S. economy
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Maxwell House Partners With Amazon For A 'Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' Passover HaggadahNPR - Eliza DennisWith over 50 million printed copies, Maxwell House has released a new edition of their Haggadah, designed for fans of the Amazon show, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Transcript SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: Last marked
NPR Thousands Of Stop And Shop Employees In New England Strike For New ContractNPR - Callum BorchersGrocery workers in New England are striking to preserve pensions and other benefits. Their employer, Stop and Shop, says it can't compete unless it brings down costs. Transcript SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There
'Physically And Mentally Draining': The Economic Hardships U.S. Dairy Farmers FaceNPRPenny Berg and her son, Mark Berg, tell NPR's Scott Simon about the current economic difficulties facing American dairy farmers. Transcript SCOTT SIMON, HOST: These are hard times for many Americans. American
NPR Episode 907: Two Spring IndicatorsNPR - Stacey Vanek Smith , Cardiff GarciaToday on the show, two indicators from our sibling podcast, The Indicator from Planet Money. First, The Indicator goes to Georgia, to talk with a peanut farmer dealing with two major economic disasters:
Mueller Report The Mueller Report Is Free To Read, But It's Also A BestsellerNPR - Laurel WamsleyYou can read the redacted Mueller report right now, free, on the Department of Justice website. Or you can read it here on NPR.org. But perhaps reading 448-page PDFs isn't your thing. Or you don't have
Health Anti-Tobacco Advocates Question McConnell Plan To Raise Minimum Purchasing AgeNPR - Sasha IngberUpdated at 3:04 p.m. ET Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced he will introduce national legislation to raise the minimum age for people buying tobacco products from 18 to 21. Some advocates
Apple Park Silicon Valley Has Its Tech Campuses. Now It Wants A MonumentNPR - Samantha ClarkAs much as Silicon Valley is an actual place, it has no official borders or capital. It's a nickname, not a name on a map. But now there might be a monument about its glory. The San Jose City Council a
National Enquirer 'National Enquirer' To Be Sold To Hudson News Heir James CohenNPR - Francesca ParisAmerican Media Inc. has made a deal to sell the National Enquirer, following months of scandals involving the tabloid's ties to President Trump and its reporting practices. The company announced on Thursday
World News Revised NAFTA Deal Would Offer Modest Economic Benefits, Report SaysNPR - Jim ZarroliThe renegotiated trade pact among the U.S., Mexico and Canada would modestly boost the U.S. economy, most notably in the auto industry, according to the International Trade Commission's report. Transcript
Identification World Bank Contest Aims To Help People Who Lack Proof Of IdentificationNPR - Darian WoodsRoughly 1 in 7 people around the world do not have any form of identification. This is holding them back from accessing public services. The World Bank is looking for new ways to think about IDs. Transcript
Ben Bernanke In 2008, 3 Officials Were On The Frontline Of The Financial CrisisNPRSteve Inskeep talks to ex-Fed Chair Ben Bernanke, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and ex-President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Timothy Geithner, about their book and the economy. Transcript
News The U.S. Now Ranks As A 'Problematic' Place For JournalistsNPR - Sasha IngberThe United States has become a less safe place for journalists, and the threats they face are becoming the standard, according to a new report by an international press freedom organization. Reporters
Business 'This Is Morally Wrong': Biden Supports Striking Massachusetts Grocery WorkersNPR - Callum BorchersFormer Vice President Joe Biden told a rally in Dorchester, Mass., Thursday that the 31,000 Stop & Shop workers on strike in New England are part of a movement to "take back this country." "I know you're
NPR A Brief History Of Income TaxesNPR - Stacey Vanek Smith , Cardiff GarciaWhen Benjamin Franklin said the only two certainties in life are death and taxes, he wasn't talking about income taxes. America didn't really even have an income tax until 1913. Up until then, the U.S.
Air India Mounting Debt Forces Hard Landing For India's Jet AirwaysNPR - Lauren FrayerIndia's oldest private airline, Jet Airways, was one of the first carriers to emerge as the country's economy opened up in the early 1990s. At one time, it boasted more commercial aircraft than any other
Sundance Documentarian Stanley Nelson Showcases The Legacy Of Black Entrepreneurs - 1Athe1a.org Documentarian Stanley Nelson has had more documentaries featured at the Sundance Film Festival than any other filmmaker — including “The Murder Of …
NPR Episode 644: How Much Does This Cow Weigh?NPR - David Kestenbaum , Jacob GoldsteinThis episode originally ran in 2015. About one hundred years ago, a scientist and statistician named Francis Galston came upon an opportunity to test how well regular people were at answering a question.
Notre Dame Cathedral Why The Tragic Fire At Notre Dame Has Led People To Be So GenerousNPR - Scott HorsleyFrance struggled to raise donations last year when Notre Dame was crumbling and in need of repairs. Now, after a devastating fire, hundreds of millions have been pledged to save the cathedral. Transcript
Celebrity News The Writers Guild Of America Is Suing Hollywood's Biggest Talent AgenciesNPR - Laurel WamsleyUpdated April 18 at 10:35 a.m. ET The Writers Guild of America is suing four of Hollywood's biggest talent agencies in a fight over writers' wages — and whether agents are keeping too much of the pie themselves.
Maple Syrup How Quebec's Maple Syrup Stockpile Can Impact An Entire Global IndustryNPR - Stacey Vanek SmithMaple syrup is so important to Canada that producers in the province of Quebec have created a strategic reserve of the sweet stuff. The Planet Money Indicator team paid the reserve a visit. Transcript
Personality Why Do Introverts Get Paid Less?NPR - Cardiff Garcia , Stacey Vanek SmithOne of our self-described "introverted" listeners asked us: "Is my introverted-ness costing me money?" We posed that question to Miriam Gensowski, an assistant professor of economics at the University
Flying After Boeing Crashes, More People Want Help Taming Fear Of FlyingNPR - Jasmine GarsdThis summer, musician Katie Sucha will be touring England. And she's scared. "It really is a serious mental challenge to walk through those doors and get on the plane," she explains. Sucha's fear of flying
Volvo Trump's Trade War Forces Volvo To Shift Gears In South CarolinaNPR - Camila DomonoskeVolvo is a Chinese-owned Swedish company making cars in the U.S. When it decided to set up a plant in South Carolina to build cars to ship around the world, it was following a long tradition. With its
NPR Why Do We Still Use QWERTY Keyboards?NPR - Cardiff Garcia , Stacey Vanek SmithQ-W-E-R-T-Y, or "QWERTY," are the first six letters on most keyboards in English-speaking countries. That letter sequence seems random. And over time, some have tried to break our QWERTY spell with different
Trump International Hotels 2 House Committees Issue Subpoenas To Deutsche Bank For Trump's Financial RecordsNPR - Jim ZarroliHouse Democrats have ramped up their investigation of President Trump's finances by issuing a subpoena to Deutsche Bank, which is one of few financial institutions willing to lend to Trump recently. Transcript
Politics Tax Troubles, Tax Triumphs - 1Athe1a.org Ah, April 15. The day most Americans come together as a nation and file their taxes. Maybe this year you used TurboTax? Or hired a tax preparer or …
Deutsche Bank Congress Subpoenas Deutsche Bank As Part Of Democrats' Probe Of Trump FinancesNPR - Kelsey SnellTwo House committees have issued subpoenas for information from Deutsche Bank and other financial institutions as part an ongoing investigation into President Trump's finances. The move is the latest that
Business A Guardian of Global Capitalism Warns Capitalism Has A ProblemNPR - Greg RosalskyEditor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can sign up here. It's springtime again in Washington, D.C., when flowers bloom, birds chirp, and thousands of wonks from all over the
