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Betsey Stevenson @betseystevenson.bsky.social · Jun 27

This fun, creative contest seriously highlights how hard the entire Planet Money team works to communicate economics in a way that both educates and entertains.

NPR's Planet Money @planetmoney.bsky.social · Jun 26

Three Planet Money hosts throw down in our latest edition of Econ Battle Zone. Their challenge – to elucidate the fight over the federal budget, while incorporating their mystery ingredients: rhyme, music, and the genre of romantic comedy.

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Keith Romer @keithromer.bsky.social · Jun 26

For all the people wondering -- why aren't more economics podcasts set up like reality TV cooking competitions? We got you: www.npr.org/2025/06/25/1...

Econ Battle Zone: Budget Showdown : Planet Money

Econ Battle Zone is back! On today's episode Mary Childs and Kenny Malone enter Econ Battle Stadium to throw down against reigning champion Erika Beras.Can Mary explain what effect extending the 2017 ...

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Christopher "Tyler" Short @acetylercholine.bsky.social · Jun 2

Great reporting & great episode. I will warn listeners though, even I, as an avid @planetmoney.bsky.social fan and listener, was not prepared for @keithromer.bsky.social's villainy. @amandaaronczyk.bsky.social, I'll pitch in on any GoFundMe.

Keith Romer @keithromer.bsky.social · Jun 1

What does the US-China trade war look like through the lens of game theory? Well...it's complicated. It's not clear the two sides even agree on the game being played. I talked to @emilyjblanchard.bsky.social and the Stimson Center's Yun Sun to make sense of it all: www.npr.org/2025/05/30/1...

The U.S.-China trade war, according to game theory : Planet Money

Over the last few months U.S.-China trade relations have been pretty hard to make sense of – unless you look at what's happening through the lens of game theory. Game theory is all about how decisions...

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Keith Romer @keithromer.bsky.social · Jun 1

What does the US-China trade war look like through the lens of game theory? Well...it's complicated. It's not clear the two sides even agree on the game being played. I talked to @emilyjblanchard.bsky.social and the Stimson Center's Yun Sun to make sense of it all: www.npr.org/2025/05/30/1...

The U.S.-China trade war, according to game theory : Planet Money

Over the last few months U.S.-China trade relations have been pretty hard to make sense of – unless you look at what's happening through the lens of game theory. Game theory is all about how decisions...

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Keith Romer @keithromer.bsky.social · May 9

The next PM+ cam just be 18 minutes of your out takes

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Keith Romer @keithromer.bsky.social · May 9

Wailin….we specifically cut this from the episode.

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Keith Romer @keithromer.bsky.social · Apr 28

Do you work in compliance at the IRS (or did you until recently)? I'd like to talk with you for an upcoming story for NPR's Planet Money. Hit me up here or on signal: keithromer.79

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Keith Romer @keithromer.bsky.social · Apr 25

What should I know about what's going on at the IRS? Hit me up on signal: keithromer.79

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Keith Romer @keithromer.bsky.social · Apr 16

A senior White House official told me “There are no independent federal agencies.” My latest from Planet Money looks at an executive order consolidating presidential control over federal regulation by independent federal regulators like the SEC, FTC, and FCC: buff.ly/evMKTyl

OIRA: The tiny office that's about to remake the federal government : Planet Money

OIRA — the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs — is an obscure, but powerful federal office around the corner from the White House. President Trump has decided that it should get even more po...

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Keith Romer @keithromer.bsky.social · Mar 30

It’s all about what you mic…and they have decided that THAT is the sound that matters.

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Neil Irwin @neilirwin.bsky.social · Mar 8

This is maybe the most profound and important take ever for us to all internalize.

Michael McKee @mckonomy.bsky.social · Mar 7

Powell's answer to what he's learned from the pandemic business cycle is perhaps the classic advice:
"However fat you think the tails are, they're fatter than you think."

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Keith Romer @keithromer.bsky.social · Feb 1

We spoke to a researcher from Hugging Face who is working on that problem: bsky.app/profile/plan...

NPR's Planet Money @planetmoney.bsky.social · Feb 1

Earlier this week, a very friendly-looking whale made a financially devastating splash in the stock market, taking hundreds of billions of dollars of value out of AI companies. What is DeepSeek, and what does its very powerful software tell us about the future of AI?

How DeepSeek changed the market's mind : Planet Money

On Monday, the stock market went into a tizzy over a new AI model from Chinese company DeepSeek. It seemed to be just as powerful as many of its American competitors, but its makers claimed to have…

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NPR's Planet Money @planetmoney.bsky.social · Feb 1

Earlier this week, a very friendly-looking whale made a financially devastating splash in the stock market, taking hundreds of billions of dollars of value out of AI companies. What is DeepSeek, and what does its very powerful software tell us about the future of AI?

How DeepSeek changed the market's mind : Planet Money

On Monday, the stock market went into a tizzy over a new AI model from Chinese company DeepSeek. It seemed to be just as powerful as many of its American competitors, but its makers claimed to have…

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Nick Fountain @fountain.bsky.social · Jan 27

I have some wicked smart colleagues and you should follow them go.bsky.app/GNFwoSV

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Douglas Irwin @douglasirwin.bsky.social · Jan 26

Here's what we import from Colombia that will get socked with 25%/50% tariffs if imposed . . .

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Keith Romer @keithromer.bsky.social · Jan 23

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Keith Romer @keithromer.bsky.social · Jan 23

Proud of the reporting Sarah Gonzalez and Nick Fountain did from inside the Altadena burn zone. Some really moving moments of audio journalism in this episode.

NPR's Planet Money @planetmoney.bsky.social · Jan 23

Fires ripped through Los Angeles this month, destroying thousands of homes and businesses. What’s next for the people who lived there? We pass through the National Guard checkpoints to see the challenges awaiting those who want to rebuild.

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Kathryn Anne Edwards @kedseconomist.com · Jan 22

Really interesting write-up of the immigration raids in Bakersfield. It's harvest season, and they put out a dragnet to grab immigrants on the way to work.

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Column: Inside the Bakersfield raids that showed how Trump's immigration policies will sow chaos

The U.S. Border Patrol ran rampant through Bakersfield in what immigration advocates say was nothing but racial profiling aimed at intimidation. More such raids are coming.

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · Jan 5

being tall is like having a truck you just gotta do it

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Keith Romer @keithromer.bsky.social · Jan 1

I have some follow-ups about the impulses you like….80% embrace…

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Alex Goldmark @alexgoldmark.bsky.social · Dec 7

I got back in front of the mic for this one: How George Soros Broke the British Pound.

Keith Romer @keithromer.bsky.social · Dec 4

@alexgoldmark.bsky.social and I made an evergreen @planetmoney.bsky.social story about George Soros' hedge fund breaking the Bank of England...and then Scott Bessent was tapped to run Treasury, and it turns out the story also works as a Scott Bessent finance origin story: www.npr.org/2024/12/04/1...

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NPR's Planet Money @planetmoney.bsky.social · Dec 5

As people try to learn more about Donald Trump's pick for Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, one story comes up over and over: a legendary trade that he played a small part in while he worked at George Soros' hedge fund in the 1990s. How Soros broke the Bank of England:

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Keith Romer @keithromer.bsky.social · Dec 4

@alexgoldmark.bsky.social and I made an evergreen @planetmoney.bsky.social story about George Soros' hedge fund breaking the Bank of England...and then Scott Bessent was tapped to run Treasury, and it turns out the story also works as a Scott Bessent finance origin story: www.npr.org/2024/12/04/1...

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casey wichman @cjwich.bsky.social · Dec 3

in my "economics and policy" class (ie, econ 101 for non-majors), I have students earn "participation points" in various ways throughout the semester, and they can earn points by generating econ memes based on course content.

here's a thread of some of my favs from this semester... #econsky

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