9 min

What is a 'freedom economy'‪?‬ The Indicator from Planet Money

    • Business

Anti-vaccine activists, far-right groups and some religious conservatives convened in Las Vegas this spring to discuss the creation of a parallel economy. These are groups who believe their speech is threatened by big banks and big tech. On today's show, what is a "freedom economy," and how would it work?

Related episodes: A Supreme Court case that could reshape social media (Apple / Spotify)

For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.

Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NPR Privacy Policy

Anti-vaccine activists, far-right groups and some religious conservatives convened in Las Vegas this spring to discuss the creation of a parallel economy. These are groups who believe their speech is threatened by big banks and big tech. On today's show, what is a "freedom economy," and how would it work?

Related episodes: A Supreme Court case that could reshape social media (Apple / Spotify)

For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.

Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NPR Privacy Policy

9 min

Top Podcasts In Business

VT Podcast “Ideas That Matter”
Africa Podcast Network
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
DOAC
Inspirational Speeches by Billionaires. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, etc.
Clumsy Entrepreneur
The Called Podcast
Touré Roberts
Good Bad Billionaire
BBC Radio 5 Live
Konnected Minds Podcast
Derrick Abaitey

More by NPR

TED Radio Hour
NPR
Life Kit
NPR
NPR News Now
NPR
Up First
NPR
Planet Money
NPR
Pop Culture Happy Hour
NPR