Yep, we wrote a book. With words and everything. In 366 hard-bound pages, with rich illustrations and hand-drawn graphics, longtime contributor Alex Mayyasi and the hosts of Planet Money bring you brand-new stories—and the sharpest insights from more than a decade of reporting. We dig into how AI could help you (or replace you), decode the hidden rules of dating markets, and reveal how pro sports’ “dumbest” contract might actually be a blueprint for building your retirement wealth. Along the way, we’ll show how economics quietly shapes your everyday life—and how to think a little more like an economist to make your own life a little richer.
But we didn’t stop there. In pure Planet Money fashion, we’ve made a podcast series about the whole soup-to-nuts process of book publishing. (Episode 1 and episode 2 are out now!) It’s sort of like when we became a record label for one song to crack how streaming payouts work, or when we bought 100 barrels of oil to understand the oil market. This time, we’re tracing our book: from idea, to auction, to the global supply chain maze of actually printing it, to how the economics of bookselling are changing all the way up to how the secretive best seller lists work (and the high stakes efforts to game it).
We really want to talk about all we’ve learned with you.In person!We're going on a 12-city tour. We’re cooking up surprises for every single stop…from brand new stories of how bubbles work, to a game theory game show, to testing a new way to certify ourselves as non-AI, live on stage. Each show is specially made for the city it’s in. You can find tickets and more information at planetmoneybook.com.
We hope to see you at an event in your nearest city soon. And, many thanks for supporting NPR and keeping Planet Money in orbit. We couldn’t do it without you.
(We leave you with our new colophon, soon to come on stickers and merch.)
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