Jacob Goldstein
Jacob Goldstein is an NPR correspondent and co-host of the Planet Money podcast. He is the author of the book .
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 hundred years ago, political prediction markets thrived on Wall Street — until the government worried that people might try to sway the election by betting -
More than a decade after Argentina refused to pay back $100 billion in debts, the country's assets are still vulnerable to being impounded by the repo man. -
A couple of Stanford professors have set up a company called Coursera to offer free classes to anybody anywhere in the world. Anywhere in the world, that is, except Minnesota.
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The share of Americans working in manufacturing has been falling for decades. Yet politicians continue to talk about the sector as if it's the key to the nation's jobs problem. -
The winners figured out how to match organ donors with recipients, students with public high schools, and medical residents with teaching hospitals.
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Where did all those jobs come from? And what do they say about our obsession with the monthly jobs report?
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The jobs picture in the U.S. is awful (obviously). But it's not nearly as bad as it was after other financial crises.
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Before things get crazy, here's a quick look at the tax increases and spending cuts scheduled to kick in next year.
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Getting a bonus up front may work better than giving bonuses for good performance.
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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.
