Inside a BOOK auction
Planet Money
- Published
- March 21, 2026
- Duration
- 43:11
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jun 10, 2026
Discusses In the age of TikTok and Polymarket, it can be easy to overlook the humble book. But books are one o…
Summary
In the age of TikTok and Polymarket, it can be easy to overlook the humble book. But books are one of the most influential technologies ever invented. From “The Wealth of Nations” to “Das Kapital,” books have the power to shape whole economic systems… and everything else in our world. The market for books can determine which ideas make it to the masses. S…
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In the age of TikTok and Polymarket, it can be easy to overlook the humble book. But books are one of the most influential technologies ever invented. From “The Wealth of Nations” to “Das Kapital,” books have the power to shape whole economic systems… and everything else in our world. The market for books can determine which ideas make it to the masses. So when Planet Money was approached to make its own book, not only did it present an opportunity to spread the gospel of whimsical economic info