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A plan to create a new $250—with President Donald Trump’s face on it—has created a lot of ... more

It’s time for The Indicator Quiz! We test you, dear listener, on your knowledge of topics ... more

You pick up your phone to do one quick task, and suddenly 20 minutes have flown by without... more

Inflation is at a three-year high. That’s a problem for the Fed. Yet, under the leadership... more

To hear author David Bockino tell it, gambling has always been a key ingredient of pro spo... more

The Trump Administration recently announced changes to how would-be immigrants get green c... more

Community college is an increasingly popular hack for those who want to change their caree... more

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

What the SpaceX IPO, the largest ever, reveals about big tech, the NASDAQ and more big IPO... more

Should we tax AI? The AI race has made a lot of people richer … but most of those gains se... more

In the United Kingdom, young people are out of work, government borrowing costs are high, ... more

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