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LOU BENOIST/AFP via Getty Images LOU BENOIST/AFP via Getty Images Does breaking the law … make financial sense? Paying future fines and settlements at the risk of harm to people and the environment? Some legal scholars argue that’s just the cost of doing business. Today, we ask whether a company’s duty is to the law […]

March Madness is in full swing as Men’s and Women’s college basketball teams across the country compete for the NCAA championship. However, the Dartmouth Men’s Basketball team made headlines just before the tournament for its successful unionization vote. Today, we break down why the Dartmouth men are pushing to unionize and what a college athletics […]

Cooper Katz McKim/Cooper Katz McKim Snowmaking has been able to cover up the effects of climate change for a long time. But by the turn of the century, that started to change. A recent report shows US resorts are opening later, closing earlier, and taking a financial hit. For an industry that relies on snow, […]

Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Stephen Maturen/Getty Images It’s Indicators of the Week, our up close and personal examination of economic headlines. Today we have three indicators from President Joe Biden’s economic agenda. His budget proposals include fixes for childcare, home buying and hiking corporate taxes. Related episodes: Shopping for parental benefits around the world (Apple / […]

Reporter Darian Woods and wind turbine technician Konnor Therriault at the base of a Vestas wind turbine in Bingham, Maine. (Photo by Matthew Copeman) Matthew Copeman/Matthew Copeman hide caption toggle caption Matthew Copeman/Matthew Copeman Reporter Darian Woods and wind turbine technician Konnor Therriault at the base of a Vestas wind turbine in Bingham, Maine. (Photo […]

One estimate says 2.4 million people die in the U.S. each year, and burying them is expensive: a typical burial can cost about $10,000. That’s a lot of money, caskets, and plots filling up cemeteries. But…what if there was a cost-effective option to bury people, one that was good for the Earth and your pocket […]

TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images Super Bowl ads this year relied heavily on nostalgia and surprise –– a few tricks that turn out to embed information into our brains. Today, neuroscientist Charan Ranganath joins the show to dissect the world of marketing to its biological fundamentals and reveal […]

Capital One Financial Corporation plans to acquire Discover Financial Services in a $35 billion deal that would combine two of the largest U.S. credit card companies. Today on the show, five big questions about the deal, and the opaque system behind every swipe, tap or insertion of your credit card. Related:Planet Money’s TikTok on the […]