Sally Helm
Sally Helm reports and produces for Planet Money. She has covered wildfire investigation in California, Islamic Finance in Michigan, the mystery of declining productivity growth, and holograms. Helm is a graduate of the Transom Story Workshop and of Yale University. Before coming to work at NPR, she helped start an after-school creative writing program in Sitka, Alaska. She is originally from Los Angeles, California.
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Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics head. In Argentina, the government manipulated the inflation rate. Economists went rogue to calculate the real rate, and people lost trust in the numbers.
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The humble ZIP Code shows up in all kinds of surprising places. Planet Money looks at how it was born, how it transformed the mail and talks to one researcher who argues that it's gone too far.
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The humble ZIP Code shows up in all kinds of surprising places. Planet Money looks at how it was born, how it transformed the mail and talks to one researcher who argues that it's gone too far.
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Drug shortages have been a problem for years. We look at the economics that affect the availability of the common cheap drugs in which hospitals rely.
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Processed graphite is crucial for making batteries, and a single player dominates the industry: China. Now, one company wants to start processing graphite in Alabama. New tariffs could help.
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Two reporters walk into a haunted house, in this special Halloween episode.
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The U.S. and China have announced new protectionist tariffs, in what some fear is a trade war. We bring you the story of a bygone era of American protectionism: the Smoot-Hawley tariffs of the 1930s.
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Five reporters go to the New York Produce Show and Conference, each on a mission. -
There's an entire universe of things spies are not allowed to tell us. Today on the show, a few of the teeny things they can say. They might come in handy. -
Economists are worried about a crucial measure of innovation in the economy. That measure is productivity growth. It was surging for decades, but it's been slowing down.
