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The Indicator from Planet Money Planet Money
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4.8 • 679 Ratings
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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 economy, and everything else. Listen weekday afternoons.
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A market to bet on the future
Peer into the crystal ball with Kalshi.com. Will inflation stay high? Will daylight saving time become permanent? Place your bets.
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AP Macro gets a makeover
Today on the show, why colleges and high school Advanced Placement Macroeconomics classes had to rip out old textbook pages and write a new chapter.
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Three inflation indicators
The economy cooled off a bit, but inflation is still really, really high. But, not all goods and services respond the same to a high inflation environment. Today on the show, we're talking about sticky prices, bonds, and that old chestnut, transitory inflation.
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Paying for the Inflation Reduction Act
The Inflation Reduction Act has it all, from fighting climate change to cutting drug prices. But today, we're zooming in on one aspect of the bill. The changes to corporate taxes.
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What Japan's "Lost Decade" teaches us about recessions
Not all recessions are created equal. Some look like Vs, while others look like Ks. But the scariest one of all is the L-shaped recession. Travel back to Japan's "Lost Decade" with us to understand why.
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Double agents and drug discounts
The cost of pharmaceuticals has been rising for years, well before inflation became the big economic talking point. Today on the show, why some policymakers suspect an obscure middleman is partly to blame.
Customer Reviews
chickens
It’s don’t COUNT your chickens before they’ve hatched.
Where is the indicator?
Again- proxy battle topic- no indicator!!
GDP
Great explanation for GDP
Imaginative and fun
Nobel prize for musical economics for sure
Nice work