The Indicator from Planet Money

1658 Episodes

1. What looks like a bond and acts like a bond but isn't a bond?

   Published: 10/28/2024
2. An economist answers your questions on love

   Published: 10/25/2024
3. Trying to fix the dating app backlash

   Published: 10/24/2024
4. How American heiresses became Dollar Princesses

   Published: 10/23/2024
5. Why the publishing industry is hot (and bothered) for romance

   Published: 10/22/2024
6. It's Love Week! How the TV holiday rom-com got so successful

   Published: 10/21/2024
7. Reversing shrinkflation (via potato chips) and other indicators

   Published: 10/18/2024
8. Rebranding 'the world's most dangerous private army'

   Published: 10/17/2024
9. Can the yield curve still predict recessions?

   Published: 10/16/2024
10. Why are some nations richer?

    Published: 10/15/2024
11. The cost of living, lead pipe removal, and a more expensive Mega Millions

    Published: 10/11/2024
12. The trouble with water discounts

    Published: 10/10/2024
13. Half a billion people need reading glasses. Why can't they get them?

    Published: 10/9/2024
14. The year the music festival died

    Published: 10/8/2024
15. Why the name Taft-Hartley got airplay during the dockworkers' brief strike

    Published: 10/7/2024
16. Does unemployment whiplash mean recession?

    Published: 10/4/2024
17. Champagne. Neapolitan pizza. Now döner kebabs?

    Published: 10/3/2024
18. Are we about to lose TikTok? Like actually tho?

    Published: 10/2/2024
19. Is an American sovereign wealth fund such a bad idea?

    Published: 10/1/2024
20. Mail bag! Grad jobs, simplified branding and central bank independence

    Published: 9/30/2024