Simple wooden pallets make transporting items, loading and unloading easier. Our Planet Money team dives deep into the pallet world to see how this ubiquitous item is changing. And I'm Renee Montagne.

People have moved stuff on pallets for a long time. And for basically 50 years, no one in the U.S. really improved on it. Until they did. Episode 545: The Blue Pallet Certain things are just hard to ...

Certain things are just hard to improve on. The classic example: the mousetrap. Also: the paperclip. And, the super-size version: the pallet. In its way, the pallet is perfect. A few pieces of cheap ...