Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces that Shape Your Life
The economics podcast's guide to the forces behind prices, jobs and money, for people who skipped the course.
Built on the approach of the NPR programme, this walks through inflation, trade, labour markets and debt using concrete stories rather than models. It is aimed at readers who want to follow an economic argument in the news without a textbook, and it keeps the tone of the show: curious, plain, and willing to say where economists disagree.
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Tyler Cowen
Alex Mayyasi, Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces that Shape Your Life is a useful introduction to economic concepts.
Source · January 2026
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