How much safer do Flock cameras make us?
Flock cameras promise to reduce crimes like car theft. But these automated license plate readers come with a trade-off: a wide-reaching surv...
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The Indicator from Planet Money
A little show about big ideas. From the people who make Planet Money, The Indicator helps you make sense of what's happening today. It's a quick hit of insight into work, business, the econo...
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A Beautiful Bill, Mamdani's Market, and Stock Subscriptions
It’s time for another Indicator Quiz! For today’s quiz, we’re testing the Indicator knowledge of a brilliant mathematician. Will we stump hi...
Bessent's yen bet, cold Argentine data centers set, and the summer box office net
This week’s indicators: Is The U.S. Treasury Department futzing with financial markets?; Is Patagonia’s pretty picturesque setting … for dat...
Are small town colleges going extinct?
Our favorite entry on the regional economy from the latest Beige Book reveals a troubling development in higher education. Fact checking by...
Let's play ... Who Wants To Be a Bank!
Why do so many fintech companies — like Square and Mercury — want to be banks? And what does it take to get there? Find out today when we pl...
Canada fights tariffs with tariffs
The era of friendly diplomacy has fallen to the wayside once again as the U.S. - Canada trade war enters a new phase. This time, Canada is c...
Which jobs are future-proofed?
With AI disrupting the workplace, is your job going to exist in ten years? The Bureau of Labor Statistics has just the handbook for that. To...
Are job hoppers better at their jobs?
People with jobs are not always eager to leave them … but there are exceptions. Call them job hoppers. While many employers look down on thi...
Does Planet Money’s game pass the shelf test? We go undercover to find out
We go undercover at a big box store for an inside look at the secret shelf test the makers of Exploding Kittens use for their hit games. Fac...
For a lot of Gen Z, gambling is investing
Why are more than half of Gen Zers using investment dollars for sports gambling? It’s been eight years since sports betting became widely le...
A Treasury showdown with the bond market
Why is the U.S. Treasury planning to buyback at least double the number of long-dated government bonds it usually does? And will Treasury Se...
How ICE arrests are creating 'economies of fear'
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested nearly 50,000 people in July , marking the biggest month for ICE arrests of President Tru...
The teacher pay penalty, Meta's major settlement, and a footwear flop
This week’s indicators: The teacher pay penalty; Meta’s massive settlement; Nike and Dick’s Sporting Goods are struggling. Fact checking by...
Coyote vs. Acme finally gets its big break
Coyote vs. Acme will finally get its theatrical release on Friday after a years-long saga involving supposed tax write-downs, negotiations a...
What Mark Cuban REALLY thinks of Medicare for All
Medicare for All could save the U.S. trillions… or maybe way less than that? In our second episode on Medicare for All, we look at the convo...
Medicare for All is not Medicare for All
As midterms near, Medicare for All is back in the spotlight and Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has become the newest face for...
Could politics put your city's funding at risk?
The Trump administration recently admitted to pulling grants over politics. This practice could become more common. How do cities use grant...
EV sales slow, US Treasury yields grow, 'Niu Lai' has impressive box office mojo
This week’s indicators: EV sales sputter in North America but flutter internationally; U.S. Treasury Yields … RISE!; a low-budget movie so t...
Is bankruptcy really all that bad?
Bankruptcy has a negative stigma surrounding it. But what if we told you it’s not as bad as you may think? In fact, economists think we shou...
Have a bad manager? Science explains why.
The best manager isn’t necessarily the best employee. Turns out it isn't so easy to predict what DOES make a good manager. Today on the show...