Every six hours a new dollar store opens in the U.S. Are they killing grocery stores?
China is trying a bold experiment to help people trust each other more: The social credit score. Will it work? Does it go too far?
That time we accidentally created a cheese surplus so large it had to be stored in a ginormous cave.
Vince Kosuga farmed onions. Then he tried trading them on the market, too. He made millions. Today on the show: How trading got so out of hand that the Chicago River flowed with America's onions.
A lot of people dream of not paying their taxes. Larry Williams scoured the fine print of IRS code, talked to lawyers, settled on a plan, then just stopped paying taxes.
How a single hack pried open the networks of giant corporations and the U.S. government itself. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
We visit life on the other side of your customer service call and get a glimpse into the troubling future of work in America. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
Ever seen one of those signs asking if you want to work from home? We find out what happens when you call.
When Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney sued Apple over its App Store, it started a war about antitrust and the internet.
There's this greenhouse gas out there that's thousands of times more dangerous than carbon dioxide, lurking in garages and sheds all over the country.
The Black Death was one of the worst catastrophes to ever hit humanity. But it also helped redistribute wealth and make daily life better for a lot of medieval Europeans.
Going to work, seeing the doctor, playing college sports and drinking on the street: How the world will be different after COVID-19.
What happens when you put someone who wants to close an agency, in charge of that agency? Today on the show, we find out.
Is there a secretive postal organization fixing international shipping rates, and giving American businesses a bad deal?
At the turn of the 20th century, Ida Tarbell investigated John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil. What she discovered changed the economy of the United States.
How Robert Bork won the fight over the very meaning of competition in America, and paved the way for some of the biggest companies we've ever seen.
What does the rise of dominant tech companies say about competition and the state of antitrust law? Third in a series.
Phosphate is a crucial element, for farming, and for life. And there aren't too many places to get it. What if it runs out?
Today's show: the arcane laws that have cost Black landowners their property, and the lawyer who is trying to fix those laws. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
The real money is in the ink. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
The television was invented by Philo Farnsworth in 1927. TV was invented by Desi Arnaz in 1951.
College athletes are considered amateur players. And amateurs don't make any money. But can they get more education paid for at least? | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
The Ford Lightning is the first electric F-150 pickup truck, and it could be a historical tipping point for the US auto industry. The only problem? Selling it to old-school drivers.
Taxes can be a nightmare for taxpayers and also for the under-resourced IRS. But there's an idea that could make taxes easier for everybody: only pay taxes once every two years.
We follow up on takeout cocktails, college athletes at the Supreme Court, bankrupt Hertz, and the new shape of pasta. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
Can you tell if the economy is in a bubble? How? And why do bubbles happen? Robert Shiller and Eugene Fama shared the economics Nobel back in 2013 despite fundamentally disagreeing over the meaning of...Show More