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Money makes the world go around, faster and faster every day. On NPR's Planet Money, you'll meet high rollers, brainy economists and regular folks -- all trying to make sense of our rapidly changing global economy.
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#622: Humans vs. Robots
If you aren't already worried about being replaced by a ...
If you aren't already worried about being replaced by a robot, maybe you should be. Today on the show, three races pit humans against machines.
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#621: When Luddites Attack
Today on the show, the true story of the Luddites.
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#620: Why Batteries Suck
While most technology is getting smaller and cheaper, batteries still ...
While most technology is getting smaller and cheaper, batteries still suck. Today on the show, we learn exactly why, and meet some of the people trying to make batteries better.
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#372: How Do You Decide Who Gets Lungs?
You're not allowed to buy and sell organs. So doctors ...
You're not allowed to buy and sell organs. So doctors created a different system. Today on the show: how do you decide who gets lungs?
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#619: The Free Throw Experiment
Casinos are worried that young people aren't interested in playing ...
Casinos are worried that young people aren't interested in playing slots or other games of luck. They're turning to games that require skill, like basketball.
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#399: Can You Patent A Steak?
We visit the workshop of the meat inventor who came ...
We visit the workshop of the meat inventor who came up with Steak-Umm and KFC's popcorn chicken. And we try to figure out what meat inventors tell us about patents and innovation. (Today's show originally ran in August 2012.)
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#618: The Square Deal
In the early 1900s, the president of the largest shoe ...
In the early 1900s, the president of the largest shoe company in the world tried to create a Utopia for his workers. He called his big experiment in welfare capitalism: The Square Deal.
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#617: How Do You Feel?
Today on the show: how a bunch of rational economists ...
Today on the show: how a bunch of rational economists try to deal with our feelings. And the story of a man who came up with five simple questions that he hoped would predict the future.
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#616: How Solar Got Cheap
Just a few years ago, solar power was an expensive ...
Just a few years ago, solar power was an expensive luxury for the environmentally conscious. Now it's a good deal for lots of people. How did solar power get so cheap, so fast?
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#361: The Matzo Economy
How do you make money manufacturing a dry, bland cracker ...
How do you make money manufacturing a dry, bland cracker that a tiny percentage of the population eats just one week a year?
