David Kestenbaum

How Managing Money Creates Huge Profits For The Federal Reserve

By David Kestenbaum • Apr 29, 2016

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Boom Town Presses Pause Amid Dramatic Drop In Oil Prices

By David Kestenbaum • Jan 7, 2016

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Doctors Plan Database On Cancer Drugs, Showing Effectiveness And Cost

By David Kestenbaum • Jul 24, 2015

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Now we have the story of information you get from your doctor as well as information you do not.

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Greece's Debt Crisis Exposes Its Hidden Financial Plumbing

By David Kestenbaum • Jul 9, 2015

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Casinos Trading Slot Machines For Games Requiring Skill

By David Kestenbaum • May 3, 2015

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Casinos Switch Out Slot Machines For Games Of Skill

By David Kestenbaum • Apr 29, 2015

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'We Built A Robot That Types': The Man Behind Computerized Stock Trading

By David Kestenbaum • Apr 23, 2015

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CEO Describes What It's Like When Investors Bet Against You

By David Kestenbaum • Apr 9, 2015

The online furniture company Wayfair is now one of the most shorted stocks. Our Planet Money team talks to its CEO about what it's like to be running a company when some investors are betting on your fall.

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On April Fools' Day, Planet Money Tries Out Economics Jokes

By David Kestenbaum • Apr 1, 2015

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Greek Finance Minister Gets A Chance To Fix Beleaguered Economy

By David Kestenbaum • Feb 26, 2015

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Bakers And The Birth Of The Minimum Wage

By David Kestenbaum • Feb 20, 2015

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On January 1, 20 states raise their minimum wage and several states have additional increases planned in the coming months. Yesterday, we learned that Walmart will raise its base pay to $9 an hour this April.

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The Spicy History Of Short Selling Stocks

By David Kestenbaum • Jan 29, 2015

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How College Students Battled Textbook Publishers To A Draw, In 3 Graphs

By David Kestenbaum • Oct 9, 2014

College textbooks are expensive. You probably already know this. A new biology or economics book can cost $300.

And prices have been soaring, doubling over the past decade, growing faster than the price of housing, cars, even health care.

But, surprisingly, the amount students actually spend on textbooks has not been rising. In fact, the best data we could find on this shows students have been spending a bit less over time.

Typewriters, Underwater Hotels And Picturephones: The Future, As Seen From 1964

By David Kestenbaum • Aug 21, 2014

The 1964 World's Fair showcased jet packs and new miracles of science. There was an entire house made of Formica. You could wipe it clean with a sponge!

The people who put the fair together tried to imagine how the future would look. Here are a few predictions, and how they actually turned out.

1. We had picture phones back then?

Everyone Goes To The Store To Get Milk. So Why's It Way In The Back?

By David Kestenbaum • Aug 1, 2014

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