This summer on Planet Money Summer School, we're learning about political economy.
We're getting into the nitty gritty of what government does with things like trade,
taxes, immigration, and healthcare.
So politics and economics, which are taught separately, they shouldn't be separated at all.
I think you have to understand one to really appreciate the other.
So what is the right amount of government in our lives?
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Hey, it's Marielle.
I have friends and family in a lot of different places, and I like to visit them,
which means I've had a lot of experience staying at other people's houses.
I've slept on couches, in guest bedrooms, on a partly deflated air mattress in a cold,
unfinished basement with a spider hovering above me, in a host's bed with them.
We were best friends.
And without them, they insisted.
The sleeping situation has really varied, and the expectations of me as a guest have varied, too.
When I'm visiting family outside of New York City,
they expect me to stay over, even if we didn't plan for it.
And if I ask for permission to, say,
use the laundry machine or eat something in the fridge, it's almost an insult.