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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See average hourly wages and how many jobs have been lost (or gained) in health care, manufacturing and other big industries.
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Earlier this year, the percentage of Americans who are working or looking for work fell to its lowest level since 1979.
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Amazon spent years trying to avoid charging sales tax. Now, the company supports a bill that would require it.
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The share of $100s held outside the U.S. has been rising for decades. That's good news for the U.S. economy.
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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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A broader measure of unemployment shows millions of Americans who are out of work or can't find a full-time job.
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You'd be free to leave the state, as long as you left your money behind. That's essentially what it's like now for people in Cyprus.
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The U.S. housing market is still a ward of the state. Almost all new mortgages — $1.6 trillion last year alone — are guaranteed by taxpayer dollars.
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America's still-awful job market, in two charts.
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Nobody knows exactly how many jobs the economy added (or lost) last month. Here's how to make an educated guess.
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A hedge fund manager is betting $1 billion that it is. The company denies it. It's remarkably difficult to tell who is right.
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There are 4 million fewer jobs than there were five years ago. Here's a look at jobs lost (and gained) in manufacturing, health care and other key sectors.