Jacob Goldstein
Jacob Goldstein is one of the Planet Money reporters whose 2014 [[SpiritAirlines|Spirit Airlines]] flight segment is replayed in Spirit Airlines and the future of cheap flights. With [[ZoeChase|Zoe Chase]], he documented how a very cheap ticket could coexist with fees for seat choice, bags, water, and other parts of the trip that many passengers expected to be included.
Goldstein’s role in this source is to make Airline Unbundling visible as a passenger experience rather than an abstract pricing model. The replayed segment helps show why Spirit could be disliked and commercially successful at the same time.
How we got free agents in baseball adds Goldstein as a [[BusinessHistoryPodcast|Business History]] host whose Curt Flood story is carried by Planet Money. His role is to frame baseball’s [[BaseballReserveClause|reserve clause]] as an economics case about Labor Monopsony, antitrust, bargaining power, and the creation of [[BaseballFreeAgency|free agency]].
Connections
- Planet Money and NPR - show and network context.
- [[ZoeChase|Zoe Chase]] - reporting partner in the 2014 Spirit segment.
- [[SpiritAirlines|Spirit Airlines]], Ultra-Low-Cost Carrier Model, and Stated-Revealed Preference Gap - source subject and concepts.
- Robert Smith, [[BusinessHistoryPodcast|Business History]], Curt Flood, Major League Baseball, Baseball Reserve Clause, Labor Monopsony, and Baseball Free Agency - baseball labor-history branch added by the new Planet Money episode.