Planet Money
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Summer School 4: Banker vs president and the birth of the dollar
Summer School 3: The first stock and perpetual life
What Kamala Harris' economic agenda might look like
The color monopoly
Summer School 2: The golden ages of labor and looms
Rooftop solar's dark side
Summer School 1: An Economic History of the World
How flying got so bad (or did it?)
The two companies driving the modern economy