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  • What happens to central banks under pressure?

    What happens to central banks under pressure?
    Sep 6 2025
    President Donald Trump has been pressuring the Federal Reserve from a few angles. So we wanted to look at other examples of political pressure on central banks, to see what it might mean for us and for the economy.

    Enter the watchers. The people who’ve had their eyes trained on central banks all over the world, for years, notebooks out, scribbling down their observations. They’ve been trying to gauge just how independent of political pressure central banks actually are – and what happens when a central bank loses that independence.

    Today on the show, we sidle up next to three of the leading central bank watchers, to watch what they’re watching.

    Further reading:
    - Carolina Garriga’s: Central bank independence and inflation volatility in developing countries
    - Lev Menand’s: A New Measure of Central Bank Independence
    - Carola Binder’s: Political Pressure on Central Banks

    Further listening:
    - Lisa Cook and the fight for the Fed
    - A primer on the Federal Reserve's independence
    - The case for Fed independence in the Nixon tapes
    - A Locked Door, A Secret Meeting And The Birth Of The Fed

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    This episode was produced by Willa Rubin with help from Sam Yellowhorse Kesler. It was edited by Marianne McCune and fact-checked by Sierra Juarez. Engineering by Robert Rodriguez and Maggie Luthar. Alex Goldmark is Planet Money’s executive producer.

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  • The million dollar mystery behind Milk.com

    The million dollar mystery behind Milk.com
    Sep 3 2025
    When we stumbled upon Milk.com, we were mystified. It appears to be someone’s personal website. But memorable domain names can be worth a million dollars or more. So, why is someone using this valuable internet real estate to post their resume and favorite recipes?

    Back in the internet’s early days, it was easy to get a domain name. They were cheap or even free. The first people to grab them may now be holding onto assets that can sell for millions of dollars. These potential profits have attracted a unique breed of investor who buys and sells domain names, gambling on the value of everyday words.

    On our latest show: What is a domain really worth? And we ask the owner of milk.com why he’s not selling — and if there’s a price that might change his mind.

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    This episode was hosted by Alex Mayyasi and Jeff Guo. It was produced by Willa Rubin and edited by Jess Jiang. It was fact-checked by Sierra Juarez and engineered by James Willetts. Alex Goldmark is Planet Money's executive producer.

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  • Lisa Cook and the fight for the Fed

    Lisa Cook and the fight for the Fed
    Aug 29 2025
    The Federal Reserve has been under intense pressure from President Donald Trump as he pushes for more control over the historically independent agency. The Fed is tasked with keeping inflation and unemployment under control, and it’s supposed to be insulated from politics so it can do whatever is necessary for the economy. But Trump has been openly saying he wants interest rates to be lower. A lot lower.

    And on Monday, Trump posted a bombshell. He said that he was removing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, “for cause.” Lisa Cook has told NPR she intends to remain in office, and is now suing Trump.

    On today’s show: inside the Fed Board of Governors. How realistic is a plan to control monetary policy through loyalists on the Board? We hear from former Board governors to understand what the job is, and what we might be in for.

    Further listening on the Fed and Fed independence:

    - A primer on the Federal Reserve's independence
    - Happy Fed Independence Day
    - The case for Fed independence in the Nixon tapes
    - A Locked Door, A Secret Meeting And The Birth Of The Fed
    - Trump's unprecedented attack on the Fed
    - Turkey's runaway inflation problem
    - Should presidents have more of a say in interest rates?

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Its very interesting they talk about tax loopholes in a way that makes you want to listen to it.

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This is one of my all time favorite podcasts! keep up the great work 😃

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Amazing podcast, the energy of the hosts is unmatched (is it just me or does Mary sound exactly like Cortana?)
Everyone should be tuning into every episode.

The tax loophole is still my favorite episode... so far!!

Incredibly informative analysis on... everything!

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This show is a classic, everybody performs so great and such good stories, I highly suggest.
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Way too much advertising which makes it real annoying to listen. otherwise the content is good.

too much advertising

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