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 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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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. -
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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What people think is going to happen to the economy has a huge influence over what actually happens. The Fed knows this, and is trying to take advantage of it. -
Will there be a smartphone stimulus this fall? Don't hold your breath.
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Mortgage debt is falling, but still high. Student debt is rising.
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Eugene Gagliardi also invented KFC's popcorn chicken. And he's got some ideas about drumsticks. -
"When prices go up, they notice it. When prices go down, they don't care."
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There's a huge gap between the actual jobs number and the number everybody reports.
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If the euro is to survive, the eurozone needs to be more like one country, and less like a bunch of different countries that happen to sit on the same continent.
