Why Bread Costs More

The economy explained through things you actually buy

Elif Demirtaş2 episodes2 min of audio28 playsEpisodic

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S1 · E2Oct 1, 20260:5217 plays Preview

Why the central bank raised rates and your rent went up

Elif explains interest rates through one Istanbul flat: how a central bank decision reaches a landlord's mortgage, a tenant's rent, and a savings account, in that order.

S1 · E1Jan 29, 20260:5411 plays Members

Inflation, starting from a loaf

Elif follows the price of a loaf of bread backwards through the baker, the mill, the farmer and the currency to explain what inflation is and why it is so hard to stop.

About the show

Why Bread Costs More is a weekly show that explains the economy through ordinary purchases: a loaf of bread, a bus ticket, a month's rent, a phone contract. Elif Demirtaş reported on economics for an Istanbul newspaper for nine years, through three currency crises, and she has a gift for explaining interest rates to people who would rather not think about them. Each 25 to 30 minute episode starts with one price that has changed and follows the reasons back through farmers, factories, central banks and governments, in plain language, with no graphs and no jargon left unexplained. The show is for anyone who reads the news and feels they are missing the background, for students, and for small business owners trying to understand why their costs moved. Elif often records from markets and shops, and brings in economists only when they can speak like humans. Clear, a little wry, and always on the side of the person paying.

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