Stacey Vanek Smith is the co-host of NPR's The Indicator from Planet Money. She's also a correspondent for Planet Money, where she covers business and economics. In this role, Smith has followed ...

And how can we shatter it for once and for all? Stacy Vanek Smith’s advice: ask Machiavelli. In her new book, Smith studies Machiavelli’s The Prince, the nearly 500-year-old political ...

Buying a bond is usually like going for ice cream (to a regular ice cream place): You pick your flavor, you pay, you enjoy a nice, predictable payoff. Lately though, that's not the deal.