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Back in the 90s, Ivan Lozano Ortega was in charge of Bogota's wildlife rescue center. And he kept getting calls from the airport to come...

The shocks of the pandemic economy gave us a bunch of enormous natural experiments, which helped to prove or disprove conventional economic...

In 1978, a young man named Mike Shanks started a moving business in the north end of Seattle. It was just him and a truck — a pretty small...

Twins are used to fielding all sorts of questions, like "Can you read each other's minds?" or "Can you feel each other's pain?" Two of our...

People come from all over the world to work in U.S. tech. And during the tech boom years, the industry relied heavily on foreign workers....

Innovation is crucial for game-changing advancements in society, whether it's treatments for serious diseases, developments in AI...

In the early 90s, when a young economist named Michael Kremer finished his PhD, there had been a few economic studies based on randomized...

(Note: This episode originally ran back in 2022.)This past weekend, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse had the second largest domestic...

It's the thrilling conclusion to our three-part series on AI — the world premiere of the first episode of Planet Money written by AI. In...

In Part 1 of this series, AI proved that it could use real research and real interviews to write an original script for an episode of...

We used to think some jobs were safe from automation. Though machines have transformed industries like agriculture and manufacturing, the...

Lyle Jack wants to build a wind farm on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. But to make the project work, he has to connect that...

It's time for another installment of ... Planet Money Predictions! *air horn* Last year, we invited two economic forecasters to tell us...

For the last four decades, technology has been mostly a force for greater inequality and a shrinking middle class. But new empirical...

Economists say that inflation is just too much money chasing too few goods.But something else can make inflation stick around.If you think...

(Note: this episode originally ran in 2019.)In the 1800s, catching your train on time was no easy feat. Every town had its own "local...

Back in 2005, Burt Banks inherited a plot of old family land in Delaware. But when it came time to sell it, he ran into a problem: his...

When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up? An astronaut, a doctor or maybe a famous athlete? Today one of the most...

After a successful career in advertising, Erika Williams decided it was time for a change. She went back to school to get an MBA at the...

Note: This episode originally aired in September, 2014.Zoos follow a fundamental principle: You can't sell or buy the animals. It's...