Developing Economies
Can This Man Bring Silicon Valley To Yangon?
by Robert Smith
A Stanford MBA who used to work for Google returned to Myanmar to be an Internet entrepreneur. But it's tough to start an Internet company in a country where the power goes out every day.
Radio
Go East, Young Marijuana Dealer
by Marianne McCune
A San Francisco dealer quadrupled his income by moving to New York after California legalized medical marijuana.
Radio
Why Apple (And Lots Of Other Companies) Wound Up In Ireland
by Zoe Chace
It goes back to a single page in a report written decades ago by U.S. consultants, and funded by the U.S. State Department.
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Podcast
Episode 460: It's Hard To Do Good
A retired contractor from Colorado has spent the past two years building a school in Haiti. If he had it to do over, he tells us, he might do things differently.
Finance
Ask A Banker: Capital, Capital!
by Matt Levine
Should banks be required to hold much more capital as a safety net? Just kidding, banks don't hold capital!
Podcast
Episode 459: Getting It Right
On today's show: Three short stories about trying to figure out what things are really worth. Also, an update on our t-shirt project.
Radio
Demand For Ammunition Is Up. Why Aren't Prices?
by Marianne McCune
Demand increased recently, leading to widespread shortages. An economics textbook would say ammo sellers should have raised prices rather than have empty shelves. But that hasn't happened.
Radio
Can Economics Save The African Rhino?
Poachers kill rhinos for their horns. Some economists think legalizing the horns could save the rhinos.
Trade
We're Making T-Shirts. Lots And Lots Of T-Shirts.
Thanks so much to everybody who backed the Planet Money t-shirt. We can't wait to start telling the story of your shirts.
Trade
Episode 458: Bangladesh's T-Shirt Economy
The Planet Money men's t-shirt will be made in part in Bangladesh.
Radio
Who Hides Money Outside The Country?
Over the past decade, 39,000 people have come forward to tell the government they've been hiding money overseas. Here's what they tell us about offshore money.
Jobs
A First Job Is Like A First Date, And Other Advice For Graduation Day
We asked a bunch of economists what they would say if they were giving a commencement address this spring. Here's what they told us.
Trade
Episode 457: Why Pink?
On today's show: What the color of the Planet Money t-shirt has to do with a painting from 1969.
Radio
Why (Almost) No One In Myanmar Wanted My Money
by Robert Smith
Like people in other countries that have gone through economic turmoil, people in Myanmar want U.S. dollars that look like they just rolled off the presses.
