Rescuing Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae
Adam Davidson, NPR correspondent for international business and economics, updates us on the financial troubles facing Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
View ArticleHousing Bill
Adam Davidson, NPR correspondent for International Business and Economics, talks about the housing assistance bill just approved by the House and expected to be enacted next week. Then Sarah Gerecke,...
View ArticleMarket Watch
AIG has been bailed out to the tune of $85 billion. NPR's international business and economics correspondent Adam Davidson updates the latest.
View ArticleBailout Plan Before The House
Lawmakers spent most of the weekend finalizing the details of the emergency bailout plan. The compromised proposal is now before the House, and looks to face a tough road to approval. Diane Brady,...
View ArticleEqual Pay for Equal Work
In the latest installment of 30 Issues in 30 Days: both candidates say they support pay equity—but how would they implement it? And what does equal pay for equal work really mean to each of them? Plus:...
View ArticleAnother Frightening Update on the Economy
Alex Blumberg, a producer at This American Life, and NPR correspondent Adam Davidson, talk about recent economic events.
View ArticleJust the Facts
Budgets, bank bail-outs, stimulus spending – big numbers are at stake. Planet Money’s Adam Davidson and Alex Blumberg talk about their latest special, “Bad Bank” and Politifact’s Bill Adair fact-checks...
View ArticleThey're Bad
Planet Money’s Alex Blumberg of This American Life and NPR international business and economics correspondent Adam Davidson take another look at the financial crisis -- bad banks, toxic assets and...
View ArticleCampaign Stop
President Obama campaigns for Gov. Jon Corzine today in New Jersey. What would it mean for the president’s agenda if the blue state went red in November? Plus, on safari on the 7 line; a 30 Issues in...
View ArticleFollowing the Money
Adam Davidson, NPR's international business and economics correspondent, talks about his continuing coverage of the economic crisis for NPR's Planet Money and the latest plans to restructure Wall St....
View ArticleFollowing Up: Haiti Recovery Economics
International business and economics correspondent for NPR, Adam Davidson, talks about this week's United Nations International Donor Conference for Haiti and discusses his reporting on the economies...
View ArticleDIY
The international community is committing billions of dollars toward reconstruction in Haiti. NPR’s Adam Davidson discusses the growing skepticism about how effectively that money will be spent and...
View ArticleSuper Committee Countdown: Corporate Tax Rates
Adam Davidson, co-host of Planet Money and new columnist for the New York Times Magazine, discusses the role that corporate taxes play in the deficit negotiations.
View ArticleCreating and Keeping Manufacturing Jobs
Adam Davidson, co-host of NPR's "Planet Money", discusses his Atlantic cover story, which profiles a plant in South Carolina that may serve as a model for the future of manufacturing and job creation...
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What Do The Dow's Daily Swings Mean? Not Much.
Turn on the news on any given day, and you're likely to hear about the Dow Jones industrial average. It is the most frequently checked, and cited, proxy of U.S. economic health. But a lot of people —...
View ArticleBackstory: American Manufacturing
More goods are being produced in American factories that in recent decades, but employment in those same facilities is falling. Adam Davidson, co-founder and co-host of Planet Money, a co-production of...
View ArticleMisconceptions about Gas Prices and the Presidency
With gas prices on the rise, the cost of fuel is set to become a defining issue of the presidential race. Bob speaks to NPR'sPlanet Money reporter Adam Davidson about how the media haven't done a good...
View ArticlePlanet Money Explains the Eurozone Crisis
Live from WNYC's Jerome L. Greene Performance Space. Watch live video here.Founders of Planet Money, Adam Davidson and Alex Blumberg, help break down how we got to this moment of European disunion, and...
View ArticleWhy Can’t the Bronx Be More Like Brooklyn?
Adam Davidson, co-founder of NPR’s Planet Money and contributor to the New York Times Magazine, looks into why the Bronx has been left out of much of the economic boom in New York City. His article...
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Rubber Ducks And Cheap Watches: Photos From New York's Junk Economy
Every day, small shop owners from Africa and Latin America fly into New York with wads of cash and empty suitcases. As Robert Smith reports today, their destination is zip code 10001 in Manhattan, home...
View ArticleSandy's Economic Impact
Adam Davidson, co-founder and co-host of Planet Money, a co-production of NPR and This American Life, and writer of the weekly "It's the Economy" column for the New York Times Magazine, looks at the...
View ArticleAdam Davidson Tackles the Economy
Adam Davidson, co-founder and co-host of Planet Money, a co-production of NPR and This American Life, and author of the weekly "It's the Economy" column for the New York Times Magazine, talks about...
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4.2 Million Americans Were Hired In January (And 4.1 Million Quit Or Got Fired)
One jobs number gets all the attention: The number of jobs lost or gained in the previous month.That number is important. But focusing too much on the net change in jobs can be misleading. It gives the...
View ArticleIt’s The Economy Of Ticket Scalping, Stupid!
Let’s talk about ticket prices -- for big concerts, big shows, big sporting events. Here's a new idea: ticket prices are just too low.That got your attention, didn’t it? Well good, because Adam...
View ArticleThe Economics of Rent Regulation
Adam Davidson co-founder of Planet Money and contributor to the New York Times, revisits the economic arguments for and against rent regulation through the lens of the East Village and Lower East Side .
View ArticleDirector Danny Boyle; Omar Sosa Gets 'Kind Of Blue'; Adam Davidson On Ticket...
In this episode: Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle talks about an unseen character from most of his films, the soundtrack. Boyle tells Soundcheck about handpicking music for Trainspotting, 28...
View Article25 Years in 25 Days (2007): The Giant Pool of Money Overflows
This fall, the Brian Lehrer Show is marking 25 years of Brian at WNYC with a year-by-year look at stories that mattered from 1989 to 2014. Find the full schedule and lots more here.Also today: Mad...
View ArticleAdam Davidson Explains the Cost of College Tuition
Adam Davidson, economy columnist for The New York Times Magazine and co-founder of NPR's Planet Money, explains why college tuition has so outpaced the cost of salaries and housing and why its pricing...
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Future U.S. Manufacturing Jobs Will Require More Brain Than Brawn
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Episode 286: Libertarian Summer Camp
Note: This episode originally ran in 2011.Six years ago, we traveled to a place where people are trying to live without government interference. A place where you can use bits of silver to buy...
View ArticleThe 'King of Debt' Bought in All Cash. Why?
For years, Donald Trump has boasted that he's the "king of debt" and routinely uses financing to make lots of money."Nobody knows debt better than me. I've made a fortune by using debt," he said on CBS...
View ArticleThis Week in Trump World: 'Rough and Getting Rougher'
Andrea Bernstein, senior editor for politics and policy and host of the Trump Inc. podcast at WNYC, and Adam Davidson, New Yorker staff writer, author of the magazine's "Swamp Chronicles" column and...
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For Our 10th Anniversary, Episode #1
This podcast sounded a lot different back when it started. Times were different too. In early September, 2008, the housing crisis was underway, but Lehman Brothers was still in business. It was an...
View ArticleSo What Trump Investigations Could Be Coming?
For two years, journalists have operated in an environment where Congress has declined to inquire into key issues surrounding President Trump’s family business: Is he profiting from his presidency? Are...
View ArticleThe Brian Lehrer Show Live
Join The Brian Lehrer Show for the conclusion of their in-depth series, End of War.Brian has asked you, the listeners, and dozens of guests: is war inevitable? Now he’ll gather the crowd to ask: how do...
View ArticleYour 21st Century Job
Adam Davidson, New Yorker staff writer, co-founder of NPR's Planet Money, CEO of the podcast production company Three Uncanny Four, and the author of The Passion Economy: The New Rules for Thriving in...
View ArticleEconomics in the Time of Corona
Adam DavidsonNew Yorker staff writer, co-founder of NPR's Planet Money, CEO of the podcast production company Three Uncanny Four, and the author ofThe Passion Economy: The New Rules for Thriving in the...
View ArticleA Giant Pool of... Non-Fungible Tokens?
When the stock market was just beginning to teeter on the edge of collapse in 2008, Adam Davison's project Planet Money was getting ready to be released. At the time, he viewed the project as part of...
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