NPR23 hours agoThere Will Be Flood : Planet Moneyverified_publisherNPR - Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi , Mary Childs , Jess Jiang , Emma PeasleeWindell Curole spent decades working to protect his community in southern Louisiana from the destructive flooding caused by hurricanes. His local office in South Lafourche partnered with the federal government's Army Corps of Engineers to build a massive ring of earthen mounds – also known as …
NPR3 days agoHow George Soros forced the UK to devalue the pound : Planet Moneyverified_publisherNPR - Keith Romer , Alex Goldmark , Martina Castro, Willa RubinAs people learn more about Donald Trump's pick for Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, one story comes up over and over: a legendary trade that he played a small part in while he worked at George Soros' hedge fund in the 1990s. In 1992, Soros' fund set its sights on the British pound, betting that …
NPR4 days agoHow useful, really, are the steps you can take after a data breach? : Planet Moneyverified_publisherNPRThe dreaded data breach notification... It tells you your personal data's been compromised and suggests steps you can take to minimize the potential harm. On today's episode, Kenny Malone pulls out a data breach letter he received and goes over what it recommends with Amanda Aronczyk. Amanda …
NPRWhy you bought your couch : Planet Moneyverified_publisherNPR - Amanda Aronczyk , Erika Beras , Jess Jiang , James SneedYou probably own a chair or a table or a sofa. And you probably think you know why you bought it. Because it was comfy. Or blue. Or the right price. But what if the style, the color, the cost, maybe even whether you would like it, were choices made for you years before you even thought about buying …
NPRTitle insurance, title pirates, and a house built on someone else's land. : Planet Moneyverified_publisherNPR - Erika Beras , Jeff Guo , Liza Yeager, Sam Yellowhorse KeslerA couple years ago, Gina Leto, a real estate developer, bought a property with her business partner. The process went like it usually did: Lots of paperwork; a virtual closing. Pretty cut-and-dry. Gina and her partner started building a house on the property. But $800,000 into the construction …
NPRThe long view of economics and immigration (Two Indicators) : Planet Moneyverified_publisherNPR - Adrian Ma , Darian Woods , Wailin Wong , Cooper Katz McKim , Julia Ritchey , Kate ConcannonMass deportations. What would actually happen—economically—if the President-elect follows through on promises to deport millions of people from America. We don't have to guess. Today we have two stories from Planet Money's daily podcast, The Indicator. First, the story from another time the US …
