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.
Episodes (304)
Why the US is losing the drone war
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Obama's new Presidential Center and his tricky relationship with the South Side
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Does the new Fed chair care about jobs?
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Why Trump wants to rip up his own trade deal
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What Iran teaches us about why wars start
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What you should know about your student loans
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GLP-1 and women, the AI office boom, and RTO: CEO ego?
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AI is pumping out books. Are they any good?
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How stock options made him an overnight millionaire
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Why the $250 bill would be good … For criminals!
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An urban planner, infinite scroll, and … what is a public good?
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How your phone keeps you scrolling ... even when you want to stop
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Are we in a new era of permanently higher prices?
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Is gambling the reason we have pro sports?
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Your American Dream is pending review
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Community colleges are kind of underrated
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Inflation is bad, work from home sad, FIFA World Cup tix NOT deal to be had
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The SpaceX IPO drama explained
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Should we tax AI?
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U OK, UK?
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The fired labor economist who couldn't get unemployment
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Who should new grads boo more? AI or remote work?
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Equinomics, bag fees, and leftover campaign dollars
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Can the internet be reclaimed from Big Tech?
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Why boardinghouses could make a comeback
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How AI is clogging the courtroom
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Obsession, the most fun job in China, and a new green card policy
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Saudi’s LIV golf exit is just the start
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What the movies teach us about recessions, memestocks and gold
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Who’s behind that shell company? We may never know
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Game of 'roids, trader Trump, and searching for Shakira's tax residence
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So ... how long until these oil prices get REALLY bad
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It's come to this: Human certification in the age of AI slop
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Why GLP-1s aren't lowering employers' costs
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Taiwan arms sales, Board of Trade, and Chinamaxxing
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GameStop rejected, a troubling loan trend, and no to pre-IPO AI shares
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How Trump's central bank beef could hurt the economy
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Should NATO be pay-to-protect?
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Prediction markets are threatening national security. Who's gonna fix it?
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The new AI model that could steal your life savings
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Which jobs are future-proofed?
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Trump crypto, Trump ballroom and Trump drones
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When will the Iran war hit food prices?
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How your bank account might predict dementia
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How taxing the wealthy could work
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Polymarket bots, lithium found: lots!, marathon shoe thoughts
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The UAE wants a dollar lifeline
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The new economic arms race
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Jan. 6ers already got pardoned. Will they get their money back too?
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Premium and affordable products are having a moment
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