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On today's show, three stories of professional negotiators using negotiation in their everyday lives.
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On today's show, we visit a California county where firefighters asked citizens to support the fire department by paying higher taxes.
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Before the Civil War, there were 8,000 different kinds of money in the United States. On today's show, we figure out how this world worked. And explain how the war changed everything.
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On today's show, we discover one big thing that's standing in the way of marijuana entrepreneurs.
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On today's show: Four Planet Money stories that aired on the radio but haven't yet made it into the podcast.
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The answer includes a half a million vending machines, a 7.5 cent coin, and a company president who just wanted to get a couple lawyers out of his office.
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On today's show, a North American economist and the chief of staff to a foreign president fall in love with the same idea. It's an idea they think can solve one of the oldest, hardest problems in economics: How can poor countries get richer?
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On today's show, Planet Money stakes out New York City's diamond, plant, and chess districts to answer a nagging question: Why do stores that all sell the same thing set up shop right next to each other?
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On today's show, a flooded grocery store reveals backup plans that are usually hidden but, at moments like these, are suddenly made visible.
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You rarely see lard on menus. There aren't shelves and shelves of it in every supermarket. In this country, we've sort of lost touch with the once beloved pig fat. On today's podcast, we ask — who killed lard?