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The USMCA was supposed to prevent workers from being mistreated at Mexican factories. How is it working so far? 

When customs officials in Madagascar cheated their country out of tax revenues, economists caught them. But the fight is not over yet. 

Soumaya Keynes (Financial Times) joins to cohost an emergency episode explaining President Trump’s sweeping April 2 tariff announcement. Bown and Keynes turn to Douglas A. Irwin on history, Maurice Obstfeld on the US dollar, and Kathleen Claussen on law to clarify what we know ab ... Show More

A dispute going back to 2013 involving Russia and Ukraine and $3 billion in bonds has revived a discussion about a legal concept called odious debt. What is it and how does the current conflict complicate the case? 

Congress just passed the biggest, most ambitious climate bill in history. And it's called ... the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. What's with that branding? And what can the bill teach us about actually fighting inflation? | Subscribe to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plu ... Show More

Today House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will give a speech at the New York Stock Exchange outlining his case for cutting spending in return for raising the debt limit. Plus, negotiations in Europe over Poland’s ban on imports of grain and other agriculture products. It’s yet another e ... Show More

How today's inflationary environment is similar and different from the great inflation of the 1970s. What are the best assets to protect your portfolio if the next great inflation is here.Topics covered include:How is inflation measured and why the pandemic made calculating infla ... Show More

As inflation trends downward, should investors plan for a lower interest rate environment in 2024 — and even the possibility of deflation? 

The Consumer Price Index rose in May at its fastest pace since the financial crisis, but markets seemed to shrug off inflation concerns, with the S&P closing at a record high and bond yields falling. The traders dig in to what the market is saying. Plus the Reddit trade went bust ... Show More

In the US, Tesla remains far and away the dominant maker of electric vehicles. But on a global scale, the situation is much more competitive. Over the last few years, Chinese EV makers have massively ramped up their export capacity and one in particular — BYD — sells more total v ... Show More

There remains a lot of anxiety over whether inflation in the US will gather steam all over again. Part of this worry stems from the fact that there were multiple bouts of inflation in the 1970s, which was the last time the US had a serious inflation problem. So to understand whet ... Show More

Inflation reached a 40-year high today of 7%! There's been a storm of debate about an old anti-inflation policy: Price controls. So we dust off the history books and see what happened in World War II.