Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi
Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi is a host and reporter for Planet Money, telling stories that creatively explore and explain the workings of the global economy. He's a sucker for a good supply chain mystery 鈥� from to to . He's drawn to tales of unintended consequences, like the time a well-intentioned chemistry professor unwittingly helped unleash , or what happened when the U.S. Patent Office started granting And he's always on the lookout for economic principles at work in unexpected places, like the tactics comedians use to protect their .
He's reported from Iceland on the dramatic , from Denmark on the , and from Germany on the country's (uncannily familiar) obsession with . He also produced Planet Money's 2020 Murrow-award-winning , the show's audiobook rendition of the , as well as collaborative episodes with , and Gimlet Media's .
Horowitz-Ghazi hails from Santa Fe, New Mexico, studied history at Reed College, and got his start in radio at Oregon Public Broadcasting. He was selected as a 2014 AIR New Voices Scholar and a 2019 Arthur F. Burns Fellow. He previously worked with Michel Martin's team at All Things Considered, where he produced breaking news and feature stories, led film coverage, and directed the live broadcast.
At All Things Considered, Horowitz-Ghazi reported on how a national clown scare , who was behind of a wave of on the California coastline, what happens to a after they die, and why his hometown every year. He also pitched and produced "," a series of profiles on people adapting to the changing economy, and has interviewed , , , , , , , , , and , among many others. In his free time, he enjoys riding bicycles, playing squash (middlingly), and sleeping out of doors.
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A payment option called buy now, pay later is growing in popularity. While these services offer consumers a convenient form of interest-free installment credit, they've raised regulators' concerns.
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In the 1970s, Florida's manatees were near extinction. When power companies noticed manatees hanging out near their power plants in search of warm water, they partnered with environmentalists.
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U.S. consumers are returning more of the stuff they buy than ever before. The returned goods often end up at bargain-bin stores, where resellers look for items they can resell for profit.
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The waters of Nova Scotia, Canada, hold one of the world's most lucrative lobster fisheries. A conflict over how to balance native treaty rights with commercial fishing rules is coming to a head.
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With the pandemic causing many workers and businesses to rethink our collective relationship with work, several companies are experimenting with a four-day work week.
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IATSE, a union which represents film crews, has asked their members to grant them the authority to strike. Conditions have worsened in the pandemic for people who work on sets for film and television.
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Eleven years ago, a now-deceased millionaire hid a treasure and published a riddle that would help hunters find it. The chase spawned partnerships, marriages, but also burglary and even deaths.
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Streaming has revolutionized the music business, including how songwriters get paid. Now the 20 biggest streaming platforms have been ordered to pay $424 million in unmatched royalties to artists.
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For some people, giving up their house or apartment and living on the road is a choice. But for many Americans priced out of the housing and rental markets, living in a vehicle is a necessity.
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In the new film Nomadland, director Chloe Zhao blends fact and fiction. The film follows the life of the modern-day American nomad in the aftermath of the 2008 housing and financial crises.