The Indicator from Planet Money

1782 Episodes

1. Cool, cool, cooling jobs

   Published: 11/1/2024
2. The U.S. once banned Chinese immigrants — and it paid an economic price

   Published: 10/31/2024
3. What's missing in the immigration debate

   Published: 10/30/2024
4. What happens when Social Security runs out of money?

   Published: 10/29/2024
5. What looks like a bond and acts like a bond but isn't a bond?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Published: 10/4/2024