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For decades, dollars have been the world's common financial language. Central banks everywhere hold

Virtually every product brought into the United States must have a so-called "country of origin." Th

Why is it so hard to find a bathroom when you need one? In the U.S., we used to have lots of publicl

On today's show: we're ... venting.We at Planet Money are an ensemble show – each with different cur

Reporter Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi's Aunt Vovi signed up for 23andMe back in 2017, hoping to learn more a

President Donald Trump has been loudly critical of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for years now

Recently, one of our NPR colleagues wrote a message to all of NPR saying he had extra eggs to sell f

OIRA — the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs — is an obscure, but powerful federal office

How do you run a business when a trade war is brewing? As President Trump's tariffs kick in - or are

At the heart of President Trump's tariffs is this idea that we should not be buying more from other

Ever wondered why you can buy fresh Peruvian blueberries in the dead of winter? The answer, surprisi

What are tariffs good for?For years, mainstream economists have basically said: tariffs are not good

What are tariffs good for?For years, mainstream economists have basically said: tariffs are not good

Earth can sustain life for another 100 million years, but can we? This episode, we partner with Radi

The deal seemed too good to be true. There's a website that's been selling top quality diamonds at b

There's one statistic that rules them all when it comes to keeping track of the economy: gross domes

Note: This original episode ran in 2020.Walter Schramm did everything right as an investor — at leas

Tupperware is the stealthy star of our modern homes. These plastic storage containers are ubiquitous

If you cut every single federal job President Donald Trump wants to cut, how much money would that s

In some ways, starting a bank is a lot like starting any other business. Who will you hire? Where wi