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The Indicator from Planet Money Planet Money
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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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Where inflation hits hardest
The most recent Beige Book featured a little of everything — economic anecdotes from around the country, some positive, some not so good. But one Fed branch's contribution stood about above the rest.
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Impact investing, part 2: Can money meet morals?
In part two of our ESG series, we speak with two insiders who have been involved with ESG since before it was cool. To them, it's come a long way — and is now mainstream enough to have a real impact.
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Impact investing, part 1: Money, meet morals
ESG investing claims to pursue both profits and morals at once. But is it really the future of finance, or just a PR sham? In part one of our series on the topic, a former ESG guy argues the latter.
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Reading the stock market tea leaves
Technical analysis, or finding patterns in stock charts to predict future price movements, is like cloud watching: You can see pretty much anything if you squint hard enough. Even a vomiting camel.
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Should we worry about another dot-com bust?
This jobs Friday, we look to the tech sector, where companies are laying off thousands of workers in a rapid reversal of their pandemic-era hiring boom. What effects could tech layoffs have on the broader economy?
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Water works (except when it doesn't)
Water utilities in the United States could gain from economies of scale: localized infrastructure can be inefficient and lead to outages in places like Jackson, Miss. But in practice, it's complicated.
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Customer Reviews
What’s with all the hate?
The show is well-researched, lighthearted, and fun. Short form edutainment at its finest.
Downhill. Woken. Unsubscribe
The program was light and fun. That’s gone. The new cast are all libs. They push the woke agenda. Social justice warriors with the bubble perspective that comes from living in cramped in NYC housing and working in a decidedly leftist beehive that is NPR. Classic wrangler
Do you hate Elon more than you hate yourself
Listening to you all talk about Elon using other peoples money when you could’ve done this episode about every corporate purchase over the last 20 years because you’re so jealous is awesome. Your show is pure propaganda and I throw up in my mouth every time I listen.