Planet Money Summer School
Planet Money Summer School
CATEGORY: Education
Economics is a game you should know how to play. And once you get the fundamental concepts, you start to see it everywhere: the news, the supermarket and even your dating life. So it's time to learn the rules. Planet Money Summer School is a crash course in economics for your ears. See the world through the lens of an economist and you'll start to feel a little less overwhelmed when making financial decisions. And if you're in front of the classroom? Teachers, this is made for you, too. Let us be your breezy and fun companion to assigned readings. We'll even assign the homework (and spare you the groans). Go beyond summer school and stay up-to-date on the economy with the latest episodes of the Planet Money podcast.Got money on your mind? Try Planet Money+ — a new way to support the show you love, get a sponsor-free feed of the podcast, *and* get access to bonus content. A subscription also gets you access to The Indicator and Planet Money Summer School, both without interruptions.
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Macroeconomics 8: Productivity & Getting LitProductivity is our economic measure for how far our work goes, as individuals and as a society over all. It plays an important role in determining our quality of life, the prices of our goods and services, and… -
Macroeconomics 7: The Fed & Volcker's SocksWhen we face economic uncertainty, we sometimes need someone to come in, pull the macroeconomic strings, and help make everything better. That's where the Federal Reserve Comes in.
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Macroeconomics 6: Trade & The Better LifeIn theory, trade makes everyone better off, but it doesn't always work out that way. We take the theory and go around the world to see the workers behind international trade.
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Macroeconomics 5: Car Parts, Celery & The Labor MarketYou can learn a lot about a person from their job. The same can be said of an economy. The market for jobs can us a lot about how the economy is doing, but more importantly, it is where we look to see who the e…
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Macroeconomics 4: Inflation & Drinking BuddiesInflation can be one of the scariest forces in the economy. As prices rise and your dollar doesn't go as far, you feel poorer, and it's all out of your control. To better understand inflation, we turn to the st…
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Macroeconomics 3: Booms, Busts & UsLife has its ups and downs. Same for the economy. Today we ask, can the business cycle be tamed? Two stories of recession and techniques for moderating the ferocity of booms and busts. Plus, how bankruptcy is a…
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Macroeconomics 2: GDP & What CountsWhat even is "the economy"? And how do you measure it? Our path out of the economic darkness and into the light has been guided in large part by one single statistic: GDP. This week: the origins, history, and p…
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Macroeconomics 1: Recessions & Rap BattlesSeason 3 of summer school is here asking the biggest economic questions about what makes an entire economy grow or contract.Episode 1 begins with the rise of macroeconomics as a field, with one of the great eco…
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Investing 6: Crypto & CommencementIn the last class of Planet Money Summer School Season 2, we cover one more important market — cryptocurrency. If you're thinking about investing in crypto, do you know exactly what it is that you're buying? Or…
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Investing 5: Bubbles, Bikes, & BiasesInvesting during a bubble can leave you bust. But how to tell the difference between a bubble before it bursts and an investing rocket ship taking off? We'll run through a historical example and look inside our…
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Investing 4: Bonds & Becky With the Good YieldA few years back, Cardiff asked for an unusual Christmas present: a junk bond... Parallel to the stock market, the bond market offers different levels of risk and reward. In this class, what is a bond, how do t…
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Investing 3: Smooth Spending & The 401KEven if you don't own stocks, there are a lot of reasons to care about investing. We meet some of the folks left out of the stock market who deploy sophisticated economic thinking, even creating their own alter…
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Investing 2: Index Funds & The BetIn 2006, Warren Buffett bet a million dollars that the most brainless, boring investment around would do better than the researched, handpicked investments of some of the smartest hedge fund managers in the wor…
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Investing 1: The Stock Market & Penelope The CowThe first class of Planet Money Summer School starts off with a field trip. With the help of a cow, two economists, and three cute animals, we learn what a stock is and how stocks are priced, and we begin to se…
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Intro Econ: Graduation!Summer School graduates take the stage to show us how we can all see our everyday world through the beautiful lens of economics. | Take the final exam and get your diploma here.
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Intro Econ 8: Risk & DisasterInside one insurance policy is a world of incentives and bad behaviors. Take the final exam and get your diploma here.
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Intro Econ 7: Advertising & RaceA Black ad executive figures out how to reach diverse audiences.
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Intro Econ 6: Taxes & Donald DuckThe surprisingly entertaining history of the income tax. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
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Intro Econ 5: Trade & SantaThe economics of free trade and what happens when governments get involved. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
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Intro Econ 4: Scarcity & PistachiosClass 4 brings us an economic conundrum: how do you efficiently share a scarce resource? | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
