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Is AI slopifying the job market? (Two Indicators)
Dec 03, 2025Vote for us in NPR’s People’s Choice Awards: npr.org/peopleschoice AI is already reshaping how people find work. Fewer entry-level jobs, robot recruiters, and ever-changing new skill requirements al...
Capitalism (Taylor's Version) (25-minute Podcast Version)
Nov 28, 2025Taylor Swift reaches new heights with her latest album, which is both divisive and record-breaking. And it’s fueled by an elaborate series of business choices that propel profits but also chart number...
Saving lives with fewer dollars
Nov 27, 2025Givewell is a nonprofit organization that gives money to “save or improve the most lives per dollar.” Part of their whole thing is a rigorous research process with copious and specific datapoints. So,...
The Consumer Sentiment vs. Consumer Spending Puzzle
Nov 21, 2025Wherever consumer sentiment goes, consumer spending usually goes too. They’re like buddies that do everything together. Consumer sentiment wants a hair cut, its buddy consumer spending does too.But la...
Days of our Tariffs
Nov 19, 2025Tariffs. They’ve been announced, unannounced, re-announced, raised and lowered. It’s an on-going saga with billions at stake! On today’s episode, we run full-on at the twisty, turny drama of life wit...
The obscure pool of money the US used to bail out Argentina
Nov 15, 2025Last month, during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the United States had offered to functionally loan Argentina $20 billion. Despite th...
Buy now, pay dearly? (update)
Nov 12, 2025(Note: A version of this episode originally ran in 2022.)Every time you shop online and make it to the checkout screen, you see those colorful pastel buttons at the bottom. Affirm. Klarna. Afterpay. A...
A new experiment in remote work … from the inside
Nov 07, 2025When people in Maine prisons started getting laptops to use in their cells for online classes and homework, it sparked this new idea. Could they have laptops in their cells to work remotely for real o...
Everything’s more expensive!! Pet care!! Concert tickets!! (Two Indicators)
Nov 05, 2025People in the U.S. are feeling the financial squeeze, in part because of rising inflation, higher consumer prices and slowing job growth. The Indicator from Planet Money is tackling a special series o...
After the shutdown, SNAP will still be in trouble
Nov 01, 2025This week’s SNAP crisis is just a preview. Tucked inside the giant tax-cut and spending bill signed by President Donald Trump this summer are enormous cuts to SNAP: Who qualifies, how much they get, a...