Stacey Vanek Smith

Taxes have been around forever. But the income tax? In the U.S., it's relatively recent.

Maple syrup is so important to Canada that producers in the province of Quebec have created a strategic reserve of the sweet stuff. The Planet Money Indicator team paid the reserve a visit.

There's a gap in career earnings between introverts and extroverts.

The story behind the first six keyboard letters are driven by economics.

The cost of a measles outbreak - to individuals, families, communities, and the country - is high.

Free trade may solve problems for businesses transacting across borders, but it can make life painful for their workers.

The hazelnut business is in a bind. Demand is rising, supply is tight, and a deadly fungal disease is constraining production. But one man may have found a solution.

Trade makes for peaceful relationships between nations, but gains for consumers and workers aren't spread evenly.

Prices for most agricultural products change with supply and demand. Not maple syrup.

A new round of U.S. tariffs could hit European wine, cheese, aircraft, and escargots.

The U.S. is one of the world's largest economies, but it lags when it comes to happiness: the World Happiness Report ranks America number 19.

Happy Jobs Friday! The economy is still adding jobs, unemployment remains low, and wage growth is fine. It's all good...right?

Joe Bankman, professor at Stanford, figured out a way to make filing your taxes easy and painless. Then the tax lobby found out about it.

Global demand for hazelnuts is growing, thanks to the popularity of products like Nutella. So it should be a great time to be in the hazelnut business... but there's one big problem.

The cost of coffee beans is going down. So why is a cup of coffee becoming more expensive? We break down what it costs to serve you a cup of coffee in the morning.

Allison Schrager is an economist and journalist who visited a number of brothels to examine how we understand and deal with risk.

The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index is one of the indicators retailers, policy-makers and manufacturers use to gauge the health of the economy. But what is the index, exactly?

On the one hand, you could say the economy's looking rocky; on the other hand you could argue it's in good health. We lay out both sides.

Today, answers to your questions on dry cleaner pricing, and the comparative investment virtues of the housing and stock markets.

Gabriela Saade is a 27-year-old economist in Caracas, Venezuela. Yesterday, she walked us through Venezuela's staggering numbers. Today, we walk a mile in her shoes.