At Stanford University, an assignment for a class on markets led to an experiment using economic thinking to match undergrads together romantically. It's a great way to understand many other markets.

Prices for materials like copper, soybeans and oil have been rising to the point that some economists are talking about a new 'supercycle' — an event in which prices go high and stay high for years.

For our 1,000th episode: a (very) short list of listener favorites! that, if you just started listening, also does a good job introducing what we try to do every week. Thanks for listening!

Planet Money's roundup of a crazy few days in economic news.

The Netflix documentary is one of the most honest and interesting looks at trade between China and the U.S.

Federer, Djokovic — and the debate between specialists and generalists.

On today's show we answer questions about silver dollars, Venmo, and Brexit. Why? Because you asked!

A truce in the U.S.-China trade war seemed close. And then the arrests started.

Amazon is opening a new office in Long Island City, Queens. Critics of the plan say New York got ripped off from a big corporation. We spent a day in the neighborhood asking people what they think.

We crash a party of central bankers to get an answer to one of the biggest economic questions of our time.

You have a lot of questions... about tariffs, unemployment rates, and RV dealerships, to name a few. We have answers.

An ancient financial arrangement, a death pact known as a tontine, may be relevant to today's understanding of insurance, and how it could be cheaper and more efficient.