Jacob Goldstein
Jacob Goldstein is an NPR correspondent and co-host of the Planet Money podcast. He is the author of the book Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing.
Goldstein's interest in technology and the changing nature of work has led him to stories on UPS, the Luddites and the history of light. His aversion to paying retail has led him to stories on Costco, Spirit Airlines and index funds.
He also contributed to the Planet Money T-shirt and oil projects, and to an episode of This American Life that asked: What is money? Ira Glass called it "the most stoner question" ever posed on the show.
Before coming to NPR, Goldstein was a staff writer at the Wall Street Journal, the Miami Herald, and the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. He has also written for the New York Times Magazine. He has a bachelor's degree in English from Stanford and a master's in journalism from Columbia.
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A brief history of America, as seen through energy sources — from wood to nuclear power, and beyond.
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The world now knows how to cut a Vegas strip steak out of a dead cow. Still unclear: Whether researchers will be granted a patent on the steak.
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See how much Americans owe, what they're borrowing money to pay for, and how much of each paycheck goes to pay off debt.
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See how much Americans owe, what they're borrowing money to pay for, and how much of each paycheck goes to pay off debt.
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A program that backed lots of mortgages during the housing bust may soon need taxpayer money to make good on its promises.
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A program that backed lots of mortgages during the housing bust may soon need taxpayer money to make good on its promises.
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Why do nearly half of U.S families pay no federal income taxes? Low income and special programs for the elderly, the working poor and families with children.
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China's foreign-exchange reserves are worth over $3 trillion. That's a problem for China, and for the U.S.
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The recovery has been good for the top 1 percent of earners. It has not been good for everybody else.
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By one measure, stocks are valued very close to their 50-year average. This doesn't make it easier to predict what the market will do, but it does help to see beyond the day-to-day craziness in the market.