How much should the tooth fairy leave? It's an eternal struggle of parenting, but it's also an overlooked economic indicator. For the past two decades, the price of a tooth has been going up much faster than you'd expect with inflation. We know that because Delta Dental, the insurance company and tongue twister, has been conducting the Tooth Fairy Poll, a nationally representative survey of how much kids are getting for their teeth, for two decades. Roughly 20 years ago, a tooth was hovering around $1.30. As of 2018, a tooth was pulling in $4.13. These kids are making out like bandits. That's good news for baby teeth-losers everywhere, but it's a bit more complicated if you're a tooth fairy concerned about the bottom line. In this video, we imagine a fantasy world where the tooth fairy is a sad-sack mid-level executive, just trying to keep his department in the black and his head above water. Please enjoy this extremely relatable fictional content. Listen to the original Planet Money podcast episode here! https://n.pr/2uEtCJ6 Subscribe to our video series here — http://bit.ly/2o5dHjo And, while you're at it, subscribe to our podcast - http://n.pr/2Eq8WMl ------------------------------------------------------ Host Sally Helm Originally Reported By Kenny Malone Producers Bronson Arcuri Ben Nadaff-Hafrey Editor Bronson Arcuri Director of Photography Mito Habe-Evans Additional Videography Bronson Arcuri Cast Tooth Fairy - Ben Naddaff-Hafrey Santa - Neal Rauch Cupid - Lawrence Wu Thanksgiving Turkey - Bronson Arcuri Board of Directors - Sheila Boyd Becky Lettenberger Alex Goldmark Tooth Fairy's Kids - Dylan & Max Carruth Tooth Fairy's Wife - Sally Helm Series Creative Director Mito Habe-Evans Consulting Producers Alex Goldmark Bryant Urstadt Executive Producer Keith Jenkins Special Thanks Emily Barocas Neal Carruth Delta Dental ------------------------------------------------------ Help support Planet Money and get bonus episodes by subscribing to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at https://plus.npr.org/planetmoney. Follow NPR elsewhere, too: • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/npr/ • TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@npr • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NPR