Where'd The Money Go, And Other Questions

Planet Money

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Business, News

4.6 • 29.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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When the economy tanks, does money just vanish? Why are home prices still so high? You asked these and other questions. We try to answer. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

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0:00.0	This is Planet Money from NPR.
0:07.4	The other day, Alexey Horowitz-Gazi, Planet Money producer, called his aunt Vovie for a
0:13.5	special, socially distanced birthday present.
0:20.5	Once Alexey had on Vovie on the phone, he told her to check her email for a surprise
0:25.1	video message.
0:26.1	Oh, here we go.
0:28.1	Oh, one attachment.
0:29.9	Oh, okay.
0:30.9	Happy birthday, Vovie.
0:32.9	What's this?
0:33.9	It's the soup Nazi from Zinfeld.
0:35.8	Remember me?
0:36.8	No soup for you.
0:38.4	Oh, my God.
0:40.4	Vovie is watching this video, and in it there's the Zinfeld character, the soup Nazi sitting
0:46.1	on his couch at home looking straight at Vovie.
0:49.2	So today, on your birthday, no work for you.
0:54.4	Oh, my God, Alexey, that's such a cute birthday.
0:59.8	That is unbelievable.
1:00.8	Do you remember that guy?
1:02.8	Of course.
1:03.8	How did you find this guy?
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