Jacob Goldstein
Jacob Goldstein is an NPR correspondent and co-host of the Planet Money podcast. He is the author of the book .
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 brief history of America, as seen through energy sources — from wood to nuclear power, and beyond.
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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. -
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. -
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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See how much Americans owe, what they're borrowing money to pay for, and how much of each paycheck goes to pay off debt.
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The U.S. government may soon owe more money to Japan than it owes to China. Here's what that means for the U.S., China, and the rest of the world.
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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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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.
