Equinomics, bag fees, and leftover campaign dollars

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4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Our listeners have QUESTIONS about the economy. And we have answers. Today on the show, we look at why horse breeding might be slowing down, why airlines charge baggage fees, and where campaign cash actually goes.

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:11.9	This is the indicator for Planet Money.
0:13.7	I'm Adrienne Ma.
0:14.6	I'm Whalen Wong.
0:15.7	And I'm Darym Woods.
0:17.8	Uh, help?
0:19.8	What?
0:20.5	Would you say, Adri? Do you need assistance? I said, uh, help. What? Would you say, Katrina?
0:21.7	Do you need assistance?
0:22.5	I said, uh, help.
0:24.5	What do you think, Gwalen?
0:25.4	Shall we help Adrian out?
0:27.1	This feels like the start of a kid show where the episode's mission is about to become clear.
0:34.1	Yeah, I just, I don't know.
0:36.5	I have all these dang listener questions, and I need help answering them.
0:41.3	Adrian, this is something we can do.
0:43.7	Coming up, why baggage fees cost what they do.
0:47.0	Why people aren't breeding horses as much.
0:49.7	And what happens to campaign spending?
0:52.6	Giddyup.
0:57.0	All right, it is listener questions. First up, we have Adrian Ma. That's right. My
1:02.1	listener question comes from Danny Pena. I'm currently at the airport waiting to catch my flight
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