Cost of Living

Money talks. We translate. Every Friday, Paul Haavardsrud looks at the way money shapes our lives in ways big, small, obvious, and unseen. From Big Macs to Big Banks, the Cost of Living connects the dots between the economy and everyday life.

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Recent Episodes
  • Build, baby, build
    May 2, 2025 – 00:25:58
  • Breaking up Big Tech
    Apr 25, 2025 – 00:27:41
  • Is the best economic offence, more spending on defence?
    Apr 17, 2025 – 00:27:40
  • How's everybody doing?
    Apr 11, 2025 – 00:27:31
  • BONUS! Why there's no referee for the trade war (The Indicator from NPR’s Planet Money)
    Apr 7, 2025 – 00:10:24
  • One American says 'sorry'
    Apr 4, 2025 – 00:27:41
  • Where is Canada's next superstar city?
    Mar 28, 2025 – 00:27:40
  • The only certainty is uncertainty
    Mar 21, 2025 – 00:26:20
  • Wait?! Was John Turner right about free trade?
    Mar 14, 2025 – 00:27:40
  • Now's the time to give'r, Canada
    Mar 7, 2025 – 00:27:47
  • Trump wants Canadian jobs. Can we stop him?
    Feb 28, 2025 – 00:26:43
  • Tariff tit for tat
    Feb 21, 2025 – 00:26:54
  • Is this year over yet?
    Feb 14, 2025 – 00:27:40
  • Who are Canada's new trade BFF's?
    Feb 7, 2025 – 00:28:10
  • BONUS! Did Canada and Mexico just become best friends?
    Feb 3, 2025 – 00:11:25
  • BONUS! Well, he did it
    Feb 2, 2025 – 00:27:39
  • It's 10 p.m. Do you know where your retirement savings are?
    Jan 31, 2025 – 00:27:28
  • BONUS! Talkin' tariffs to Americans (on The Indicator from Planet Money)
    Jan 30, 2025 – 00:09:49
  • Oil is our Trump card. Will we play it?
    Jan 24, 2025 – 00:27:39
  • Population mis-calculation?
    Jan 17, 2025 – 00:26:23
  • Dazed and confused
    Jan 10, 2025 – 00:27:40
  • Your questions answered!
    Jan 3, 2025 – 00:27:42
  • The oldest trick in the book (Encore Edition)
    Dec 27, 2024 – 00:26:03
  • Why you can't escape holiday gift guides
    Dec 20, 2024 – 00:27:29
  • When good companies do bad things
    Dec 13, 2024 – 00:27:46
  • Will OpenAI steal this too?
    Dec 6, 2024 – 00:27:39
  • No, your kids don't want your stuff
    Nov 29, 2024 – 00:26:15
  • Does anyone go to the movies anymore?
    Nov 22, 2024 – 00:27:40
  • What do Star Wars, Twilight and Harry Styles have in common?
    Nov 15, 2024 – 00:27:40
  • How private equity is gobbling up the Canadian economy
    Nov 8, 2024 – 00:27:40
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