Page de couverture de Planet Money

Planet Money

Planet Money

Auteur(s): NPR
Écouter gratuitement

À propos de cet audio

 Wanna see a trick? Give us any topic and we can tie it back to the economy. At Planet Money, we explore the forces that shape our lives and bring you along for the ride. Don't just understand the economy – understand the world.

Wanna go deeper? Subscribe to Planet Money+ and get sponsor-free episodes of Planet Money, The Indicator, and Planet Money Summer School. Plus access to bonus content. It's a new way to support the show you love. Learn more at plus.npr.org/planetmoney
Copyright 2015-2021 NPR - For Personal Use Only Politique Économie
Épisodes
  • Asking for a friend … which jobs are safe from AI?

    Asking for a friend … which jobs are safe from AI?
    Sep 10 2025
    There’s one question we seem to be hearing everywhere: “Is my job safe from AI?”

    Dozens of you, our listeners, have written to us about this. Saying things like, “Maybe my yoga teacher side gig is actually my safest bet now,” and “My parents were in real estate, and I never thought I’d say it ... but maybe that’s what I should do?”

    If only there were a list that could tell you which jobs are safe from AI. We go looking for that list…and find that the AI future is going to be even weirder than we’d imagined.

    Today on the show: We talk to two researchers who have come up with some first drafts of the future. We learned more about the machines that might be coming for our jobs, and also, more about what it actually means to be human.

    Subscribe to Planet Money+

    Listen free: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, the NPR app or anywhere you get podcasts.

    Facebook / Instagram / TikTok / Our weekly Newsletter.

    Today’s episode was produced by Eric Mennel and edited by Marianne McCune. It was fact-checked by Sierra Juarez and engineered by Robert Rodriguez. Alex Goldmark is Planet Money's executive producer.

    Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    NPR Privacy Policy
    Voir plus Voir moins
    29 min
  • What happens to central banks under pressure?

    What happens to central banks under pressure?
    Sep 6 2025
    President Donald Trump has been pressuring the Federal Reserve from a few angles. So we wanted to look at other examples of political pressure on central banks, to see what it might mean for us and for the economy.

    Enter the watchers. The people who’ve had their eyes trained on central banks all over the world, for years, notebooks out, scribbling down their observations. They’ve been trying to gauge just how independent of political pressure central banks actually are – and what happens when a central bank loses that independence.

    Today on the show, we sidle up next to three of the leading central bank watchers, to watch what they’re watching.

    Further reading:
    - Carolina Garriga’s: Central bank independence and inflation volatility in developing countries
    - Lev Menand’s: A New Measure of Central Bank Independence
    - Carola Binder’s: Political Pressure on Central Banks

    Further listening:
    - Lisa Cook and the fight for the Fed
    - A primer on the Federal Reserve's independence
    - The case for Fed independence in the Nixon tapes
    - A Locked Door, A Secret Meeting And The Birth Of The Fed

    Subscribe to Planet Money+

    Listen free: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, the NPR app or anywhere you get podcasts.

    Facebook / Instagram / TikTok / Our weekly Newsletter.

    This episode was produced by Willa Rubin with help from Sam Yellowhorse Kesler. It was edited by Marianne McCune and fact-checked by Sierra Juarez. Engineering by Robert Rodriguez and Maggie Luthar. Alex Goldmark is Planet Money’s executive producer.

    Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    NPR Privacy Policy
    Voir plus Voir moins
    26 min
  • The million dollar mystery behind Milk.com

    The million dollar mystery behind Milk.com
    Sep 3 2025
    When we stumbled upon Milk.com, we were mystified. It appears to be someone’s personal website. But memorable domain names can be worth a million dollars or more. So, why is someone using this valuable internet real estate to post their resume and favorite recipes?

    Back in the internet’s early days, it was easy to get a domain name. They were cheap or even free. The first people to grab them may now be holding onto assets that can sell for millions of dollars. These potential profits have attracted a unique breed of investor who buys and sells domain names, gambling on the value of everyday words.

    On our latest show: What is a domain really worth? And we ask the owner of milk.com why he’s not selling — and if there’s a price that might change his mind.

    Planet Money is writing a book! Sign up for updates about pre-sale special gifts and for book tour events.

    Subscribe to Planet Money+

    Listen free: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, the NPR app or anywhere you get podcasts.

    Facebook / Instagram / TikTok / Our weekly Newsletter.

    This episode was hosted by Alex Mayyasi and Jeff Guo. It was produced by Willa Rubin and edited by Jess Jiang. It was fact-checked by Sierra Juarez and engineered by James Willetts. Alex Goldmark is Planet Money's executive producer.

    Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    NPR Privacy Policy
    Voir plus Voir moins
    21 min
Pas encore de commentaire