The Indicator from Planet Money
426 episodes — Page 1 of 9
How the rich make money by losing money
Sep 28, 20269 min
Unaffordability index: Rent, GLP-1s, Obamacare
Sep 25, 20269 min
What Doordash, Dell and Palantir all have in common
Sep 24, 20267 min
Why are used cars priced like new cars?
Sep 23, 20269 min
How will the US refill its dwindling oil reserves?
Sep 22, 20269 min
How Hemp-THC businesses are bracing for a near total ban
Sep 21, 20268 min
OpenAI's waiting game, gas pump pain, and severe sulfur strain!
Sep 18, 20269 min
Strait talk: Why the oil crisis is getting worse
Sep 17, 20268 min
How the bond market is handling AI risks
Sep 16, 20269 min
How much safer do Flock cameras make us?
Sep 15, 20269 min
A Beautiful Bill, Mamdani's Market, and Stock Subscriptions
Sep 14, 20269 min
Bessent's yen bet, cold Argentine data centers set, and the summer box office net
Sep 11, 20269 min
Are small town colleges going extinct?
Sep 10, 20268 min
Let's play ... Who Wants To Be a Bank!
Sep 9, 20268 min
Canada fights tariffs with tariffs
Sep 8, 20269 min
Which jobs are future-proofed?
Sep 7, 20268 min
Are job hoppers better at their jobs?
Sep 4, 20269 min
Does Planet Money’s game pass the shelf test? We go undercover to find out
Sep 3, 20269 min
For a lot of Gen Z, gambling is investing
Sep 2, 20268 min
A Treasury showdown with the bond market
Sep 1, 20269 min
How ICE arrests are creating 'economies of fear'
Aug 31, 20267 min
The teacher pay penalty, Meta's major settlement, and a footwear flop
Aug 28, 20269 min
Coyote vs. Acme finally gets its big break
Aug 27, 20269 min
What Mark Cuban REALLY thinks of Medicare for All
Aug 26, 20269 min
Medicare for All is not Medicare for All
Aug 25, 20269 min
Could politics put your city's funding at risk?
Aug 24, 20268 min
EV sales slow, US Treasury yields grow, 'Niu Lai' has impressive box office mojo
Aug 21, 20269 min
Is bankruptcy really all that bad?
Aug 20, 20269 min
Have a bad manager? Science explains why.
Aug 19, 20269 min
Trump versus Capital One
Aug 18, 20268 min
Did you know companies can vote in Delaware?
Aug 17, 20269 min
Retiree benefits bump, credit repayment slump, and a dating app in the dumps
Aug 14, 20269 min
C is for C-shaped economy
Aug 13, 20268 min
Consumers are mad as hell and aren't gonna take it anymore
Aug 12, 20269 min
Borrowing money to invest! What could go wrong?
Aug 11, 20269 min
Why is Trump paying to stop wind farms?
Aug 10, 20269 min
I'm just here for the health benefits
Aug 7, 20268 min
Following the Chipotle playbook for the cyclospora crisis
Aug 6, 20269 min
How ending TPS is squeezing workers, businesses and (soon) consumers
Aug 5, 20269 min
Why we're short on blood, water and helium
Aug 4, 20269 min
Who is a music industry plant? And does it matter?
Aug 3, 20269 min
Mamdani markets, America bets, Gen Z drinks
Jul 31, 20268 min
Trump’s new Truth Social plan: pay $100K
Jul 30, 20268 min
Even Moore’s law can't save affordable tech
Jul 29, 20268 min
You had housing questions. An economist answered them.
Jul 28, 20269 min
Petty! Econ! Grievances!
Jul 27, 20268 min
Three beefs: U.S. and Brazil, Taco Bell and liability, Waymo and trial lawyers
Jul 24, 20269 min
Can Paramount "gift" its way past the FCC?
Jul 23, 20269 min
Can Y’all Street outflank Wall Street?
Jul 22, 20268 min
Tale of Two Cities
Jul 21, 20268 min