From the world's leading economics podcast comes an irresistible guide to the hidden forces that shape your life.
In stores April 7, 2026
Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life
Hello, and welcome to Planet Money!
For their first-ever book, longtime contributor Alex Mayyasi and the hosts of NPR's Planet Money present brand new stories with insights gathered from more than a decade of reporting that reveal ways AI might help you or replace you, demystify dating markets, and show how pro sports' "dumbest" contract holds the secret to building wealth.
Taking readers on adventures to a smartphone factory in Patagonia, a raisin cartel in California, and an Indigenous reserve in Canada that might just have a solution for the housing crisis, Planet Money shows how economics shapes our world, and how we can harness key principles to make our own lives a little richer.
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About Planet Money
Planet Money started out as an award-winning podcast produced and distributed by National Public Radio and expanded into a newsletter, TikTok channel, second hit podcast - The Indicator - and a nationally broadcast radio program. The team has shared thousands of creative, entertaining stories about the big, complicated forces that move our economy and shape our lives. Since its 2008 debut at the height of the financial crisis, Planet Money has bought crude oil straight from a well, launched a satellite, traced global supply chains, and started a record label. After all that, what’s left to do but… write a book?
Planet Money has won multiple Peabody, Murrow, and duPont-Columbia Awards for its innovative audio storytelling. Planet Money’s cohosts include Amanda Aronczyk, Erika Beras, Mary Childs, Nick Fountain, Sarah Gonzalez, Jeff Guo, Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi, Adrian Ma, Kenny Malone, Wailin Wong, and Darian Woods.
Alex Goldmark is the Executive Producer of NPR’s Planet Money.