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The Indicator from Planet Money
A bite-sized show about big ideas. From the people who make Planet Money, The Indicator helps you make sense of what's happening in today's economy. It's a quick hit of insight into money, work, and business. Monday through Friday, in 10 minutes or less.
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Where AI data centers are reducing power bills
Over the last half decade, wholesale electricity prices have increased 267% in places close to data centers. That’s contributed to a backlash against...
How are drivers riding out the gas crisis?
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If you’re a commuter, gas prices may not be yo...
Why infinite scroll's inventor wants to kill his creation
We practically live on our phones these days. Scrolling and scrolling, endlessly. Entrepreneur Aza Raskin is responsible for creating this infinite sc...
Is the economy red, orange, yellow or green?
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Jobs that new college grads are and are not landing
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Economists have described the state of the jobs...
Greetings from: Our favorite public goods
Freedom of the Seas. GPS. The Large Hadron Collider. These are all public goods that make our world more prosperous, accurate, and knowledgeable. But...
Why Pokémon cards are growing faster than your retirement account
Pokémon cards are scorching hot right now. An index tracking the thousands of rare cards shows that valuations have increased 170% in the last year al...
Who's afraid of private credit?
There is a $3 trillion dollar black box at the center of the economy. It’s called private credit. These are direct loans from private investors to pri...
Do school lunches really need an overhaul?
School lunch has been revamped a ton over the last two decades. Now, the Trump administration wants to rejigger the menu once more to align with its M...
The US loses tech hires, sayonora to Sora, and Afroman's win
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Tracing the tax that's supposed to fund TSA
Every time you buy a ticket that leaves a U.S. airport, you pay a fee that’s supposed to help fund the TSA. So why have TSA workers been working witho...
Your next flight doesn't have to be so expensive. Here's why
Why are flight tickets so expensive right now? Increased oil prices seems like it’d be the obvious answer. That’s mostly right. Airlines used to do so...
Why hasn't the Russian economy collapsed?
How has Russia’s economy not completely collapsed after four years of war, sanctions and billions in debt? One economist says it is the war that has b...
The multimillion dollar Saturday Night Live UK gamble
Live from London, it’s Saturday Night? Saturday Night Live made its UK debut over the weekend after a well-hyped promotional campaign. Will this all-A...
Trump and truckers, Poland prospers, and a booming ant biz
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How Iran is wasting American resources
Iran is using an affordable strategy to even the playing field in the war with the U.S. It’s using drones that cost in the thousands of dollars to com...
How much is the Iran war costing us?
It’s really hard to estimate the total cost of war in the middle of one. Over the first six days of the Iran war, an estimated $11.3 billion was charg...
A trucker, a farmer, and an entrepreneur walk into a global supply shock
The U.S. and Israel war with Iran is causing a shock to the economic system. Gas prices are higher, diesel too, and even fertilizer is being affected....
Can anything save the news biz?
If you were in the business of making a bunch of money in 2026, you probably wouldn’t pick journalism. From social media to AI, the attention economy...
A lot of gas trapped, oil reserves tapped, and Live Nation gets a (tiny) cap
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Should colleges accept money from bad people?
At a dinner in 2010, physicist Sean Carroll is handed a phone. On the other end: A wealthy patron looking to potentially fund his research. Months lat...
The shadowy world of merchant cash advances
During the pandemic, mostly unregulated lenders went after struggling restaurants and music venues, charging at times sky high rates. Now, they’ve fou...
Will Trump’s shipping insurance plan work?
More than a thousand ships are stranded outside the Strait of Hormuz, bobbing in the water. A big reason? Insurance. War insurance premiums have skyro...
No healthcare premiums? In this economy?! Here's how.
It turns out healthcare in America CAN be cheaper. If your employer wants it to be. Today on the show, we speak with a Canadian-founded startup that h...
Why are fewer Americans working the night shift?
The night shift isn’t for everyone, but it often means a boost in pay and a foot in the door. Yet a smaller share of Americans are working the graveya...
Want a 2.5% mortgage? Buy it.
Remember those juicy mortgage rates from back in 2021? You don’t actually need a time machine to get one today. You just need to find someone willing...
The anxiety rattling China’s youth
China will soon unveil its economic blueprint for the next five years, including a target for economic growth. This comes as consumption is down, wage...
Why Paramount went looney tunes for Warner Bros.
Paramount Skydance is making a $110 billion play for Warner Bros. Discovery, and with it intellectual property like Harry Potter, Batman, and subsidia...
Should the families of organ donors be compensated?
Two economists get into the business—and stakes—of organ donation, and they argue why the government should financially compensate their families.
ICE is bad for business, heat is bad for coffee, and sci-fi is bad for markets
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How your favorite fish sticks might be funding Russia's war
Russia exports billions of dollars worth of fish a year across the world. But after the invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. banned imports of Russian fish....
What an Epstein recording reveals about how elites get jobs
What do the latest batch of documents tell us about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and elite networking? Quite a bit. Today on the show, we an...
Do traders who place big bets make big money?
We’re going whale watching today. No, not orcas or great blues, but financial traders that place big bets on something called options. On today’s show...
Why there are roving rotisserie chicken mobs
You asked, we answered.
On today’s show, we tackle questions from our dear listeners on whether AI interviewers are biased, what the hec...
Can I get my tariff money back now?
The Supreme Court struck down a bunch of President Trump’s tariffs yesterday. The Trump administration originally used an emergency economic powers la...
Retirement luck, Hassett hassles the Fed, and boneless chicken in ... court?
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Why this rural town wants an ICE facility
The Trump administration is planning to pour more than $38 billion into warehouses for mass immigrant detention. While some communities are starting t...
How well are ICE's 12,000 new officers being trained?
The Department of Homeland Security says it has more than doubled the workforce of Immigration and Customs Enforcement under President Trump. Yet vide...
How Iran's flagging economy inflamed its protests
Editor's note: The United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran early Saturday, Feb. 28. For current coverage click here. For background context,...
Jobs numbers, immigrants in healthcare, and ... Jesus Christ?
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