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Who’s gonna pay for your Social Security?
September 30, 2026 · 29 minVery soon, Social Security may not have enough money to make full payments to retirees. Very soon. Like by 2032, just six years from now. So what are we gonna do about it? Today on the show, we look at some of the most talked about…
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Middlegarchs are the new Oligarchs
September 25, 2026 · 31 minWanna know who is really in the top 1%? And how they use their influence? It may not be who you think. Look beyond Silicon Valley. Look beyond Wall Street. Look beyond the “oligarchs”. There's a much larger class of wealthy Americans…
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Is our national debt finally too much? (update)
September 23, 2026 · 30 min(Note: A version of this episode originally ran in 2024.) $40,000,000,000,000. Four commas. Thirteen zeroes. It’s an eye-popping, almost infinite-sounding pile of money. And every time the debt passes a big round number, almost everyone…
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The Domino’s Pizza Tracker Theory of Everything
September 18, 2026 · 32 minDid a pizza restaurant’s humble status page change how we wait forever? When you order a Lyft or Uber, you get texts every few minutes about your car approaching and arriving. When you have a package coming, you get a notification when…
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How investing is getting riskier (Two Indicators)
September 16, 2026 · 18 minMargin borrowing and sports gambling “investments” are both on the rise! Today on the show, two stories from Planet Money’s daily podcast The Indicator about the ways investing is changing, and getting riskier. According to one study…
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The loan at the heart of a new foreclosure crisis
September 11, 2026 · 29 minThere is a new type of loan that is sweeping through the country right now. It’s advertised as a super quick and super easy way to get a mortgage to buy a home. In recent years, Wall Street has been funneling billions of dollars into these…
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Cost-cutting, quiet guilt and the inflation generation
September 9, 2026 · 24 minIn this economy it is boom times and doom times all at once. The statistics aren’t really capturing it. K-shaped only goes so far as a metaphor. So … we asked you to help. And you delivered! One one hand, the stock market is on a…
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Trump drinks Venezuela’s milkshake
September 5, 2026 · 25 minOne week ago, President Trump announced a deal that would give the “U.S. control of more than 65 BILLION BARRELS of proven Oil Reserves in Venezuela, at no cost to the American Taxpayer.” The exact nature of this deal has been … obscure…