With the year coming to a close, we're sharing our most popular Planet Money bonus episode of 2025! As U.S. trade with China ...

After two years of stubborn inflation scares and recession chatter, the economic story heading into 2026 looks very different ...

I remember my professor of economic history David S. Landes often talking about Joel Mokyr, who won the Nobel Prize in economics earlier this month. They must have been good friends. Professor Landes ...

When it comes to economic mobility, America is now falling behind other countries. “The American Dream is alive and well—and living in Copenhagen,” Michael Sandel, a well-regarded Harvard professor, ...

It has been especially difficult to get a read on the current state of this economy, ever since the government shutdown started last week and agencies in Washington stopped delivering economic data.

At independence, Kenya set out to eliminate three enemies, namely poverty, disease, and ignorance. That mission remains stalled. 63 years later, it is time to dismantle the system of extraction, ...

In late February, students at dozens of high schools across the country participated in the first round of an international competition in economics. The top five American students will travel to ...

Economic growth is one of the most important functions of a thriving city, and at the San Angelo Chamber of Commerce, we are deeply committed to fostering that growth. Through our economic development ...