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Planet Money is an NPR podcast that explains economic concepts through narrative-driven stories rather than dry analysis. It treats economics like a conversation with a friend—accessible, surprising, and actually engaging.
- The show makes economics approachable by grounding abstract concepts in real stories and human situations
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This page collects NPR Money’s recent stories on topics from workplace insights (inspired by Survivor) and AI data centers cutting power costs to the gas price crisis and shifting job market trends. It links to reports on everything from private-equity experiments and public goods to the impact of infinite scroll and global supply chains.
- AI data centers are driving down local power bills in the areas around them
- A pro-worker private equity model is being tested in Charleston schools to reshape labor relations
- Infinite-scroll inventor Nir Eyal now regrets his role in making feeds addictive
- Russia's economy hasn't collapsed despite sanctions