The Indicator from Planet Money

A top labor economist encounters the endlessly frustrating labyrinth of filing for unemplo... more

Is  [AI really to blame] (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6787638)  fo... more

Our listeners have QUESTIONS about the economy. And we have answers. Today on the show, we... more

Why one former senior advisor of the FTC thinks a [libertarian myth of the internet] (http... more

There is a burgeoning effort across the U.S. to revive boardinghouses, aka single room occ... more

AI has made it infinitely easier for anyone who can’t afford a lawyer, can’t get one, or d... more

It’s Indicators of the Week (now on [YouTube] (https://www.youtube.com/@planetmoney) !). I... more

Is Saudi Arabia no longer a golf state? The Saudi sovereign wealth fund poured billions in... more

The Indicator hosts Adrian Ma and Wailin Wong discuss their favorite econ and business mov... more

Why is a law to reign in shell companies getting shelved by the Trump administration? The ... more

Diving deep into President Trump’s [many stock trades] (https://popular.info/p/the-smoking... more

The US-Israel War in Iran is almost three months in and oil prices have risen, but they’re... more

In an era of AI slop, we find out how some artists are seeking out human verification for ... more

The vast majority of employer health plans do not cover GLP-1s for weight loss. But roughl... more

Unpacking Donald Trump’s trip to China: arms sales to Taiwan, the Board of Trade proposal ... more

On today’s Indicators of the Week: the Gamestop and eBay romance that never was, more and ... more

A new documentary from Frontline PBS, called “The President vs. the Fed”, helps us make se... more

NATO was formed after World War 2 as a collective security alliance that would prevent fut... more

It’s the Wild West of online betting. Prediction markets have been plagued by insider trad... more

Anthropic’s AI model, Claude Mythos, is very powerful. SO powerful it can find software vu... more