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Legendary investor Warren Buffett. Buffett is on one side of a high stakes bet that hinges on one of investing's deepest questions: Is it possible to beat the market? (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
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#688: Brilliant vs. Boring

A million-dollar bet pits a bunch of really smart money managers against the simplest investment idea in the world.

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A St. Kitts and Nevis passport. St. Kitts has a "citizenship by investment" program in which passports can be bought and sold.
Courtesy of Henley & Partners

#687: Buy This Passport

Most of us don't think of citizenship as a product. It's something more: It's part of who you are. On today's show, we look at what happens when citizenship goes up for sale.

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U.S. Presidential candidates (left to right) Ted Cruz, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, and Marco Rubio.
Pat Sullivan/AP; Morry Gash/AP (2); Gary Coronado/Houston Chronicle via AP; David J. Phillip/AP

#686: If Elected President

Today, we bring you the future as dreamt up by presidential candidates. Also: sober economists poking holes in the candidates' dreams.

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A Contra Costa County fire truck.

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#424: How Much Is A Firefighter Worth?

Firefighters don't go to fires as much as much as they used to. Yet the fire department is still set up the same way. What should change?

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Larry Williams, former tax protester.
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#685: Larry vs. The IRS

A lot of people dream of not paying their taxes. Larry Williams scoured the fine print of IRS code, talked to lawyers, settled on a plan, then just stopped paying taxes.

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Colonel Harland Sanders of KFC.
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#684: The Return Of The Colonel

There's a secret war going on inside every franchise. At KFC, it all goes back to a guy with a white beard and a black string tie: Colonel Harland Sanders.

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A Q-tip Valentine.
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#683: Our Valentines

Regret. Self-loathing. Jealousy. Happy Valentine's Day! We bring you little stories that we love so much, we wish we had thought of them ourselves.

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Harlem funeral directors Tamara Bullock and Patricia Hamilton are going to spend their next savings-club payout on a sky-diving trip (unless Bullock can get out of it).
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#466: DIY Finance

He has thousands of dollars stashed around his house. She's part of an informal savings club. And Miguelo Rada has a whole bank in his pocket.

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Graph of CEO pay, with a huge jump in the 1990s.
Kevin Murphy

#682: When CEO Pay Exploded

Politicians have argued for decades that CEOs should earn less money. But there was a moment in the 1990s when CEO pay suddenly shot up. What happened?

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Saudi Aramco-Shell Oil fuel storage tank at a refinery in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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#681: The Oil Kingdom

For years, Saudi Arabia has been living off one resource and one resource only: Oil. But now, the price of a barrel has plummeted, and the country is scrambling to adapt.

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