ECONOMY

Economy

Planet Money investigates the logjams that keep renters from receiving aid

7:56am October 08, 2021

Millions of Americans are at risk of eviction, and billions of dollars in help from Congress isn't reaching most of them. What's taking so long for people who need rental assistance to get the money?

States with diverse tax revenue streams see their budgets bounce back

7:40am October 08, 2021

by Nicole Nixon

This time last year, state revenue outlooks were tanking. Some states with high income-earners, such as California, are seeing budget surpluses like they haven't seen in decades.

Job numbers are expected to have improved in September

4:59pm October 07, 2021

by Scott Horsley

September was supposed to be the month that Americans went back to work. Job gains are expected to be stronger than they were in August, but hiring is unlikely to match the levels of early summer.

Poet and activist Maya Angelou seen addressing the Democratic National in Boston, Massachusetts in July 2004. She is one of the female trailblazers who will be featured on some U.S. quarters starting in 2022.

Maya Angelou, Sally Ride and other trailblazing women will be featured on U.S. coins

12:00pm October 07, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

For a limited time beginning next year, the U.S. Mint will issue quarters honoring women from history. The first batch celebrates icons in civil rights, politics, humanities and science.

Economy

U.S. car makers are going electric and trying to change the world in the process

6:28am October 07, 2021

by Camila Domonoske

Car companies are following Tesla's lead and reshaping themselves as high-tech, climate-friendly electric automakers. GM and Ford are among the manufacturers who made big announcements recently.

The current debt ceiling issue might feel familiar. Here's why

6:34pm October 06, 2021

by Kelsey Snell

The issue of the debt ceiling crops of every few years, floats in the public consciousness and then vanishes. Why do we pay so much attention to it?

North Dakota ranchers have been forced to sell off close to 25% more of their herds over last year.

A mega-drought is hammering the US. In North Dakota, it's worse than the Dust Bowl

4:33pm October 06, 2021

by Kirk Siegler

Ranchers in North Dakota have been forced to sell off their herds at historic rates. Now they're worried they won't have enough feed to keep their remaining cows alive this winter.

Wessel's new book delves into the creation of a massive tax break

5:48am October 06, 2021

NPR's Noel King talks to author David Wessel about his new book: Only the Rich Can Play. The book examines "Opportunity Zones" which are supposed to help revitalize areas of the U.S. that need it.

What the Pandora Papers reveal about how the rich shelter their assets

4:51pm October 05, 2021

by David Gura

The Pandora Papers describe investment firms known as trusts, which are believed to have allowed the world's rich shelter their assets in states like South Dakota.

The Baron de Mackau of France presenting demands to Jean-Pierre Boyer, President of Haiti, in 1825

'The Greatest Heist In History': How Haiti Was Forced To Pay Reparations For Freedom

10:40am October 05, 2021

by Greg Rosalsky

Haiti is one of the poorest nations in the world, and rich countries have their fingerprints all over the nation's stunted development.