Summer School 1: A government's role in the economy is to make us all richer

夏季学校1:政府在经济中的作用是让我们所有人都变得更富裕

Planet Money

2025-07-09

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Government. The Big G. We like to imagine the free market and the invisible hand as being independent from political influence. But Nobel laureate, Simon Johnson, says that influence has been there since the birth of economics. Call it political economy. Call it government and business. Call it our big topic each Wednesday through Labor Day. We're kicking off another semester of Planet Money Summer School asking the biggest question: Why are some nations rich and others poor? With stories from India, New York City and Peru, we look at the ways in which government bureaucracy can help make or break an economy. Tickets for Planet Money Live at the Bell House available here. Planet Money+ supporters get a 10 percent discount off their tickets. Go to plus.npr.org to sign up, if you haven't already, and listen to the July 8th bonus episode to get the discount code.Always free at these links: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, the NPR app or anywhere you get podcasts. Find more Planet Money: Facebook / Instagram / TikTok / Our weekly Newsletter. Planet Money+ supporters get early access to new episodes of Summer School this season! You also get sponsor-free listening, regular bonus episodes, and you'll help support the work of Planet Money. Sign up for Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • A quick reminder, PlanetMoney Plus subscribers get access to summer school episodes one week early.

  • Sign up at plus.npr.org slash PlanetMoney.

  • This is PlanetMoney from NPR.

  • That ring can only bring one thing.

  • It's the PlanetMoney Summer School, your easy listening, hard thinking, audio economics degree.

  • and the only education you can get these days without putting on pants or taking on debt.

  • I'm your host Robert Smith.

  • This is the sixth year we've done summer school,

  • six years of taking the biggest ideas in economics and packing them up like a beach read for your ears.

  • If you've been enrolled with us since the very start,

  • your parents might be wondering if you're finally a doctor yet.

  • Soon.

  • Soon.

  • Of course, you may be asking, Robert,

  • we have already done whole summers on micro and macro economics.

  • We've learned about investing, entrepreneurship, and the economic history of the world.

  • What else is there?

  • Well, this summer, we will tackle the biggest economic player of them all, the government.

  • As you might have noticed,

  • the biggest debates in our country right now are about how much government should be up in our business.