Greg Rosalsky

Two legal scholars have been arguing about the constitutionality of a wealth tax for twenty years. Now people are actually paying attention.

Esther Duflo is the first female economist to win the Nobel Prize. Planet Money talks to her about her win, the state of gender inequality in economics, and her new book.

Over the last year, the media has focused on a wealth tax. But there's another type of wealth taxation also on the table, and it might stand a better chance of surviving judicial review.

It's distortionary. It's regressive. And right now it only benefits a sliver of taxpayers and nonprofits. It's time to talk about the charitable deduction.

A new book bucks conventional wisdom and says the American tax system is not progressive.

A new study by the International Monetary Fund finds that advanced nations have seen a rise in regional inequality since the 1980s.

Recent reports and studies suggest that the outsized political power of hospitals is a big reason why American health care is so expensive.

Index Funds offer an intoxicating promise: lower fees, diversified risk and better returns. But is there a dark side to their astonishing rise?

Senator Bernie Sanders proposes an aggressive wealth tax to reverse inequality. But the policy faces major obstacles.

The story of India's "demonetization" has given economists a one-of-a-kind opportunity to understand the role of money in an economy.

As corporate America seeks to redefine its mission as a force for social good, new studies in economics are showing that there are self-serving reasons why they'd want to do that.

Presidential candidates have been calling for various "Marshall Plans," referring to the U.S. program to fund rebuilding in post-World War II Europe. But what are they really talking about?

Symptoms include persistently low interest rates and mediocre economic growth. It might be time to talk to former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers.

Meet Silvio Gesell, who inspired a worldwide movement to create money that expired. After nearly a century of obscurity, he's making a comeback.

Economists have long criticized summer vacation as economically inefficient. But one has come to its defense.

Ten years after the financial crisis, it's like we're in another economic dimension. The old rules don't apply. Textbooks are being thrown out the window. It's time to talk about secular stagnation.

Last week, the Fed voted to cut interest rates despite a decade of economic growth and low unemployment. Interest rates are already super low. What's going on?

It all started at a hotel high in the mountains of New Hampshire.

The unemployment rate is at record lows — but maybe the unemployment rate doesn't mean what it used to.

It's long been popular wisdom in America that if you want to make it, you should pack up and move to the big city. But new research from economists offers caution for a huge segment of the workforce.