Skinny jeans dominated the jeans market for nearly two decades. Now they make up about 33% of jeans sales. The Indicator from Planet Money investigates the possible demise of the skinny jean.

Have you ever dreamed of winning a promotion that seems too good to be true? From Planet Money, the podcast The Indicator has the story of a promotion that went terribly wrong for Pepsi.

Many doctors and nurses say they are not receiving enough N95 masks to feel safe. Yet, U.S. companies say they can't sell their federally approved N95 masks to hospitals.

There are a lot of lessons to be learned from the time the world came together to plug the hole in the ozone layer.

Running the numbers on giving in the time of coronavirus

There is a pattern that has repeated itself throughout the history of the opium trade.

Revolutions don't just happen. A data-driven approach to studying activism suggests two characteristics can vastly increase chances of success.

Disney's first wish: longer copyright protection. And Congress was their genie.

Roughly 1 in 7 people around the world do not have any form of identification. This is holding them back from accessing public services. The World Bank is looking for new ways to think about IDs.

"Neoliberalism" has become a loaded term.

We're back for our annual tradition: Channeling another year's worth of jealousy and self-loathing into a whole episode just for you. Happy Valentine's Day!

The Bank of Jamaica has committed to aggressively managing inflation. The strategy involves an unusual public relations campaign using catchy reggae music and videos.

On today's show we answer questions about silver dollars, Venmo, and Brexit. Why? Because you asked!

There's a number you could call the most important number for the economy. It's the Federal Reserve's inflation target. The story of how it came to be is a bit random, and begins in New Zealand.

The Federal Reserve spends a lot of effort trying to target the level of inflation to about 2 percent. Why? Because tiny New Zealand did it first.

Do recessions have to happen? Is it possible for a country to just not have economic downturns? Australia has gone nearly 30 years without a recession. So what can we learn from it?

Australia hasn't had a recession in 27 years. Good policy? Or just good luck?

Perhaps not surprisingly, grad students tend to take on more debt when going into fields where the pay is higher.

Students studying medicine and law typically borrow more than $100,000 to get through school, and many go on to high-paying careers.

At the other end of the spectrum, many Ph.D. ...