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Risk & Disaster   Leave a comment

Economists Justin Wolfers and Betsey Stevenson discuss insurance and risk and how it is related to economics.

Original Air Date: August 26, 2020

Length: 27 Minutes 27 Seconds

Posted January 11, 2022 by fiorinio in macroeconomics, Planet Money

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We’re Short America   Leave a comment

We bet against this.

Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2015/01/21/378851598/episode-597-were-short-america

Summary: The Planet Money team investigates the less popular side of the Stock Market called shorting. In this podcast the team examines the high-risk high-reward nature of shorting stocks while making an interesting bet of their own against America.

Original Air Date: January 22, 2015

Length: 20 minutes

Posted March 24, 2015 by ndelmonaco1 in Finance, Planet Money

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