In 1975, Earnest Jackson made a song to capture the economic moment: 'Inflation.' But, he never released it. In 2022, maybe it can have a second life. That's where Planet Money Records comes in.

On our latest series, we start a record label:

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Introducing: Planet Money Records.

We started a record label to learn about the music industry, and to release Earnest Jackson's song, 'Inflation,' nearly 50 years after it was recorded.

Listen to Parts 1 & 2 to our series below, and stream 'Inflation'!
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Earlier this year, we NPR's Planet Money became kind of obsessed with this 1975 song about inflation that was never released. We did some digging, found a few stories and started a record label to release the song and understand how the music industry works.
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“Inflation” is here! The song, we mean. But also, the other one.

We launched a record label to release one song, about inflation, written 47 years ago. And we learned a bit about the music business along the way. Listen here:

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In part 1 of Planet Money Records, we got Earnest Jackson’s song, 'Inflation,' on the radio.

In part 2, what we had to do for the whole world to hear the song. Listen now:

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In 1975, inflation was 9%. About the same as now. Earnest Jackson wrote a song about it back then. But never released it.

Now that inflation is back…maybe Inflation, the song, can become the hit it deserves to be.

Introducing Planet Money Records.

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I recommend dropping everything to listen to this masterpiece by Sarah Aida Gonzalez and Erika Beras (glorious mix by james a. sneed). I suspect you’ll be changing your Spotify playlist for the week. npr.org/2022/10/25/113…

Introducing: Planet Money Records.

Yep, we started a record label. You're probably wondering how we ended up here.

It's a story about past and present inflation, a forgotten song, and second chances. You can listen to part 1 of our series here:

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What would an anime in Florida look like?
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Our favorite Halloween costume every year

Planet Money glow up

New look, same great Planet Money flavor!

Miguel Messmacher is a Mexican economist. He says that because Mexico’s economy is so integrated with the US economy, even small changes in the US can have big impacts in Mexico.

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The Blue Dollar. The Qatar Dollar. The Coldplay Dollar. When your currency is losing value daily, people and governments find creative solutions.

What are all of these new “dollars,” and how is the US dollar sort of to blame? Our latest episode:
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Many countries rely on the US dollar for trade and finance. Now, some worry that the strengthening dollar may cause serious problems.

On our latest show, the global effects of the 'strong dollar.'

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What does buying a car look like now?
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Welcome... boils and ghouls... to the scariest part of the US Treasury...

Where all the most twisted and damaged federal notes go...

The MUTILATED CURRENCIES DIVISION!!!

Learn about this dark, spooky (and free!) federal service on this classic ep:

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UK Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her resignation after just six weeks in office. Truss faced intense criticism when her plans to implement sweeping tax cuts threw the country into economic turmoil.

How did the UK get here? We explain the “doom loop':
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It’s illegal to retaliate against union organizing. Does it still happen? yup.
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