Secret Gyms And The Economics Of Prohibition : Planet Money COVID-19 safeguards have created a black market for gyms.Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can .My friend Evelyn is an immigration lawyer, and she recently had a meeting at a foreign consulate in downtown San Francisco. (Her work makes it hard for her to talk to reporters, so we're not using her last name). As she walked toward the building's metal detectors, the security guards told her she couldn't bring her backpack in, so she had to leave. She worried this would make her late, so she...…Secret Gyms And The Economics Of Prohibition : Planet Money COVID-19 safeguards have created a black market for gyms.Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can .My friend Evelyn is an immigration lawyer, and she recently had a meeting at a foreign consulate in downtown San Francisco. (Her work makes it hard for her to talk to reporters, so we're not using her last name). As she walked toward the building's metal detectors, the security guards told her she couldn't bring her backpack in, so she had to leave. She worried this would make her late, so she...WW…

The Data On Legalizing Weed : Planet Money It's been close to a decade since the first states legalized recreational marijuana. And the data is coming in.Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can .Last month, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed making it official: marijuana will soon be growing legally in the gardens of the Garden State for anyone over 21 to enjoy. The bills follow through on a marijuana legalization ballot initiative that New Jerseyans approved overwhelmingly last year. New Jersey is now one of a dozen states, plus the District of Columbia,...…The Data On Legalizing Weed : Planet Money It's been close to a decade since the first states legalized recreational marijuana. And the data is coming in.Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can .Last month, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed making it official: marijuana will soon be growing legally in the gardens of the Garden State for anyone over 21 to enjoy. The bills follow through on a marijuana legalization ballot initiative that New Jerseyans approved overwhelmingly last year. New Jersey is now one of a dozen states, plus the District of Columbia,...WW…

Amid Pandemic, Here's What Researchers Have Learned About The Economy : Planet Money Since COVID-19 hit our shores, economists have been crunching data to see how it's affecting our economy.Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can .COVID-19 has been a massive disaster. But it has also been like a massive natural experiment. During the last nine months, we've learned a lot about the coronavirus, its economic effects and effective interventions to help manage the pain of another wave. So we decided to sum up some of the economic research. Poverty ... fell? In...…Amid Pandemic, Here's What Researchers Have Learned About The Economy : Planet Money Since COVID-19 hit our shores, economists have been crunching data to see how it's affecting our economy.Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can .COVID-19 has been a massive disaster. But it has also been like a massive natural experiment. During the last nine months, we've learned a lot about the coronavirus, its economic effects and effective interventions to help manage the pain of another wave. So we decided to sum up some of the economic research. Poverty ... fell? In...WW…

What 1919 Teaches Us About Pent-Up Demand : Planet Money A hundred years ago, a world war and a pandemic wreaked havoc on baseball and other industries. But pent-up demand helped them come roaring back.Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can .1918 should have been a great year for baseball. A young left-handed pitcher named Babe Ruth began the year by pitching an opening-day victory for the Boston Red Sox. Shortly after, Ruth lobbied the team's manager to let him play other positions so he could spend more time at the plate. The strategy paid off, and Ruth...…What 1919 Teaches Us About Pent-Up Demand : Planet Money A hundred years ago, a world war and a pandemic wreaked havoc on baseball and other industries. But pent-up demand helped them come roaring back.Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can .1918 should have been a great year for baseball. A young left-handed pitcher named Babe Ruth began the year by pitching an opening-day victory for the Boston Red Sox. Shortly after, Ruth lobbied the team's manager to let him play other positions so he could spend more time at the plate. The strategy paid off, and Ruth...WW…

How To Make A New Year's Resolution : Planet Money A new study looks at ways to make New Year's resolutions succeed.Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can .2020 has been a disaster for meeting new people, which is why Per Carlbring's New Year's resolution is to spend next year trying to connect with someone new every day. Carlbring, a professor who heads Stockholm University's Department of Psychology, knows a thing or two about making a New Year's resolution stick. He and his colleagues recently published a on the topic. Carlbring was inspired to embark on...…How To Make A New Year's Resolution : Planet Money A new study looks at ways to make New Year's resolutions succeed.Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can .2020 has been a disaster for meeting new people, which is why Per Carlbring's New Year's resolution is to spend next year trying to connect with someone new every day. Carlbring, a professor who heads Stockholm University's Department of Psychology, knows a thing or two about making a New Year's resolution stick. He and his colleagues recently published a on the topic. Carlbring was inspired to embark on...WW…

The Backcountry Boom : Planet Money In mountains across America, skiers and snowboarders are ditching ski lifts and heading into the backcountry. We talked with a pioneer of backcountry snowboarding about how we got here.Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can .In mountains across America, skiers and snowboarders are ditching ski lifts and heading into the untamed wilderness of the backcountry. Even before the pandemic, backcountry was the fastest growing segment of the skiing and snowboarding industry. Now with COVID imperiling ski resorts, the sport is...…The Backcountry Boom : Planet Money In mountains across America, skiers and snowboarders are ditching ski lifts and heading into the backcountry. We talked with a pioneer of backcountry snowboarding about how we got here.Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can .In mountains across America, skiers and snowboarders are ditching ski lifts and heading into the untamed wilderness of the backcountry. Even before the pandemic, backcountry was the fastest growing segment of the skiing and snowboarding industry. Now with COVID imperiling ski resorts, the sport is...WW…

How Poverty Makes Workers Less Productive : Planet Money A new study adds to the growing mountain of evidence that says that poverty impairs people's ability to think.Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can .As Washington debates sending checks to Americans and increasing the minimum wage, offers evidence for how such policies could help eliminate poverty. Obviously, giving more money to people without much money helps them with money problems. But the study adds to a growing body of research that says that money really does help workers earn more money....…How Poverty Makes Workers Less Productive : Planet Money A new study adds to the growing mountain of evidence that says that poverty impairs people's ability to think.Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can .As Washington debates sending checks to Americans and increasing the minimum wage, offers evidence for how such policies could help eliminate poverty. Obviously, giving more money to people without much money helps them with money problems. But the study adds to a growing body of research that says that money really does help workers earn more money....WW…

How To Make Job Interviews Less Horrible : Planet Money A new book takes on an overlooked flaw in human judgment that can affect an organization's ability to make sound decisions about hiring and more.Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can .We've all been there. The awkward small talk. The fluorescent lights illuminating the sweat on your brow. The feeling like you're a used-car salesman — but the used car is yourself. Job interviews are the worst. And according to a new book, they're often pretty much useless for selecting the best candidate for a position....…How To Make Job Interviews Less Horrible : Planet Money A new book takes on an overlooked flaw in human judgment that can affect an organization's ability to make sound decisions about hiring and more.Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can .We've all been there. The awkward small talk. The fluorescent lights illuminating the sweat on your brow. The feeling like you're a used-car salesman — but the used car is yourself. Job interviews are the worst. And according to a new book, they're often pretty much useless for selecting the best candidate for a position....WW…

Secret Gyms And The Economics Of Prohibition : Planet Money COVID-19 safeguards have created a black market for gyms.Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can .My friend Evelyn is an immigration lawyer, and she recently had a meeting at a foreign consulate in downtown San Francisco. (Her work makes it hard for her to talk to reporters, so we're not using her last name). As she walked toward the building's metal detectors, the security guards told her she couldn't bring her backpack in, so she had to leave. She worried this would make her late, so she...…Secret Gyms And The Economics Of Prohibition : Planet Money COVID-19 safeguards have created a black market for gyms.Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can .My friend Evelyn is an immigration lawyer, and she recently had a meeting at a foreign consulate in downtown San Francisco. (Her work makes it hard for her to talk to reporters, so we're not using her last name). As she walked toward the building's metal detectors, the security guards told her she couldn't bring her backpack in, so she had to leave. She worried this would make her late, so she...WW…

Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can .Last week, showing how the COVID-19 crisis is making racial inequality worse. Since we published that newsletter, protests erupted in Minneapolis and spread throughout the nation — with marchers shouting "I can't breathe," the dying words of , who was seen in a video with the knee of a Minneapolis police officer on his neck.So, about Minneapolis ... we found it, and the Twin Cities area more generally, has some of the most abysmal numbers on racial inequality in the nation. Here is a snapshot: These data aren't about...…Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can .Last week, showing how the COVID-19 crisis is making racial inequality worse. Since we published that newsletter, protests erupted in Minneapolis and spread throughout the nation — with marchers shouting "I can't breathe," the dying words of , who was seen in a video with the knee of a Minneapolis police officer on his neck.So, about Minneapolis ... we found it, and the Twin Cities area more generally, has some of the most abysmal numbers on racial inequality in the nation. Here is a snapshot: These data aren't about...WW…