A furniture salesman used a sports bet as insurance.

This is the story of how Guinness got into the business of record-breaking, and how one Planet Money intern broke a world record involving the president of Georgia.

There was once a time when there were only occasional federal taxes, no 9-to-5 jobs and farmers markets as far as the eye could see.

Federal agencies say a life is worth $10 million. This is the story of how they got that number.