Jacob Goldstein
Jacob Goldstein is an NPR correspondent and co-host of the Planet Money podcast. He is the author of the book Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing.
Goldstein's interest in technology and the changing nature of work has led him to stories on UPS, the Luddites and the history of light. His aversion to paying retail has led him to stories on Costco, Spirit Airlines and index funds.
He also contributed to the Planet Money T-shirt and oil projects, and to an episode of This American Life that asked: What is money? Ira Glass called it "the most stoner question" ever posed on the show.
Before coming to NPR, Goldstein was a staff writer at the Wall Street Journal, the Miami Herald, and the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. He has also written for the New York Times Magazine. He has a bachelor's degree in English from Stanford and a master's in journalism from Columbia.
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A program that backed lots of mortgages during the housing bust may soon need taxpayer money to make good on its promises.
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A program that backed lots of mortgages during the housing bust may soon need taxpayer money to make good on its promises.
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Eugene Gagliardi also invented KFC's popcorn chicken. And he's got some ideas about drumsticks.
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Licensing rules are supposed to protect the public. But they also raise prices and make it harder for people to find work.
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Nearly four years after the financial crisis — and two years after a major new law was passed — key details remain unresolved.
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China's foreign-exchange reserves are worth over $3 trillion. That's a problem for China, and for the U.S.
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China's government plays a huge role in the country's economy. That needs to change, according to a new report co-written by the government's own think tank.
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China's economy sailed through the financial crisis unscathed — at least in the short run.
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In 1978, the farmers in a small Chinese village signed a secret contract. They thought it might get them executed. Instead, it wound up transforming China's economy.
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By one measure, stocks are valued very close to their 50-year average. This doesn't make it easier to predict what the market will do, but it does help to see beyond the day-to-day craziness in the market.