The secret economics inside the new Planet Money board game

One daysingle sourceOne outlet reported this themselves - 8 of the 9 reports ran its copy.

The headline, as it travelled

All 9 reports used the same wording across 9 outlets - nobody re-reported it in their own words.

All 9 reports on Tue, 11 August 2026

What it is about

Scabby the Rat Veblen Planet Money Arthur Laffer Thorstein Veblen George Akerlof United States

Who published it, and when

How it spread - 1 original report, 8 reprints

Tue, 11 August 2026
1 report
- NPR News10:30
  The secret economics inside the new Planet Money board game
  From Nobel Prize-winning research to the Laffer Curve, Scabby the Rat, Veblen's peacock, and more — the economic ideas and inside jokes hiding throughout Planet Money's new board game.
  8 reprints
  - ksut.org11 Aug, 10:30their copy
  - kuaf.com11 Aug, 10:30their copy
  - wgcu.org11 Aug, 10:30their copy
  - prairiepublic.org11 Aug, 10:30their copy
  - kuow.org11 Aug, 10:30their copy
  - kansaspublicradio.org11 Aug, 10:30their copy
  - wysu.org11 Aug, 10:30their copy
  - wvxu.org11 Aug, 10:30their copy