Amanda Aronczyk

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On April 6, I'm going to be telling economics stories with @marychilds.bsky.social, @amandaaronczyk.bsky.social, Alex Mayyasi with special guest Emily Oster. It's @planetmoney.bsky.social live at @92ndstreety.bsky.social!

How Jane Street’s secret billion-dollar trade unraveled : Planet Money On Wall Street, fortunes are often won and lost with the tiniest advantages. And for the past few years, one trading firm has stood out from the rest for both huge profits and careful secrecy — Jane…

A few years ago, the Wall Street firm, Jane Street, discovered a sort of goldmine in one of the biggest economies in the world. They became the envy of Wall Street. But when they tried to keep that goldmine a secret, things spiraled out of their control.

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What happens when governments cook the books : Planet Money After President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, economists and statisticians across the board were horrified. Because the firing raises the spectre of potential manipulation – ...

On this @planetmoney.bsky.social, we visit two countries that have some experience with data manipulation -- Argentina and Greece. To see what happens when governments get tempted to cook the books, and how hard it is to UN-cook them. www.npr.org/2025/08/08/1...

Would you trust an economist with your economy? : Planet Money Trust in experts is down. In all kinds of institutions and professions - in government, in media, in medical science... and lately, economists are feeling the burn acutely. In fact, President Trump ju...

It's apparently "reunion week" for me on podcasts:
Rejoining @planetmoney.bsky.social and
@amandaaronczyk.bsky.social to talk about economists' credibility problems: www.npr.org/2025/08/01/1...
(See also my story from Jan.: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/b...)

Would you trust an economist with your economy? : Planet Money Trust in experts is down. In all kinds of institutions and professions - in government, in media, in medical science... and lately, economists are feeling the burn acutely. In fact, President Trump ju...

today's @planetmoney.bsky.social: on economists and trust www.npr.org/2025/08/01/1... @amandaaronczyk.bsky.social

Rising mistrust in economists and what to do.

Great story @amandaaronczyk.bsky.social @planetmoney.bsky.social, featuring interviews with @dianeswonk.bsky.social @nickbloom.bsky.social @hoben.bsky.social & me.

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The U.S. has been policing bribery all over the world for nearly half a century. But President Trump has said that our anti-corruption laws are crippling American businesses. On our latest episode, is bribery making a comeback?

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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...

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...

Trade war dispatch from Canada : Planet Money How do you run a business when a trade war is brewing? As President Trump's tariffs kick in - or are paused or are restarted - businesses around the world are trying to navigate the uncertainty.And, w...

From the "Buy Canadian" movement, to not traveling south of the border, to removing interprovincial barriers to trade, Canadians are unifying behind a massive boycott of the U.S.
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Last year, a controversy around Tyson Foods hiring immigrant workers and laying off American ones ignited an internet firestorm. We try to interpret the company’s hiring moves and talk to workers from the two plants at the center of the fight.

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This is a good one www.npr.org/2024/12/11/1...

What is in that letter about credit monitoring you get after a data breach? When a company gets hacked and your customer data is compromised, you often get a letter offering credit monitoring. What exactly are you signing up for if you opt in for that?

When a company gets hacked and your personal data is compromised, you often get a letter offering credit monitoring. Be sure to look at the fine print (said everyone, always)
www.npr.org/2024/11/22/n...

why not check out our podcast www.npr.org/sections/mon...

ooo good question, not yet... should we?

hellooo!