Summary: A discussion of how the choice of discount rate impacts public policy decisions such as flood protection actions in Los Angeles and New Orleans.
Original Air Date: July 20, 2012
Length 17:38
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Putting a Price Tag on Your Descendents 3 comments
Why People Do Bad Things 3 comments
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/04/17/150815268/why-people-do-bad-things
Summary: Discussion of the role of cognitive errors in decision making through consideration of the story of an everyman businessman who engaged in million dollar bank fraud.
Original Air Date: April 17, 2012
Length: 25:57
Main story content begins: 3:34
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Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2010/05/_after_the_downgrade_ap.html
Summary: Discussion of the rating agency process of providing country bond ratings, within the context of the Euro crisis.
Length 21:08
Original air date: May 7, 2010
Main story content begins: 8:00
Planet Money indicator discussion of NY Stock Exchange “circuit breaker’ and its backfire on May 6, 2010) 1:10 – 8:00
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