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The Indicator from Planet Money
A little show about big ideas. From the people who make Planet Money, The Indicator helps you make sense of what's happening today. It's a quick hit of insight into work, business, the economy, and everything else. Listen weekday afternoons.Try Planet Money+! a new way to support the show you love, get a sponsor-free feed of the podcast, *and* get access to bonus content. You'll also get access to The Indicator and Planet Money Summer School, both without interruptions. sign up at plus.npr.org/planetmoney
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Episoder
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Giant vacuums and other government climate bets
![The Indicator from Planet Money](https://podmestorage.blob.core.windows.net/podcast-images/8A73BEA084B7D3DE7892E699DEC5F980_small.jpg)
Industrial policy, the debate!
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Is retail theft getting worse?
![The Indicator from Planet Money](https://podmestorage.blob.core.windows.net/podcast-images/3BD822729C2A641A3F80C8E0D3F912F5_small.jpg)
Apple, drugs, Grindr
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'Welcome to the USA! Now get to work.'
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The dementia tax
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The Beigie Awards: China Edition
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Jobs Friday: More jobs and more unemployment
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A drought, a jam, a canal — Panama!
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Young, "spoiled and miserable" in China
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The problems with the US's farm worker program
![The Indicator from Planet Money](https://podmestorage.blob.core.windows.net/podcast-images/26DC517B6CE6A3D1E986880BAA226524_small.jpg)
The Indicator Quiz: The Internet
![The Indicator from Planet Money](https://podmestorage.blob.core.windows.net/podcast-images/CF17BBEC8AED6262DD5399C04238017A_small.jpg)
AI chips, shared trips, and a shorter work week
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Why a weak ruble is good for Russia's budget but not Putin's image
![The Indicator from Planet Money](https://podmestorage.blob.core.windows.net/podcast-images/F30A030D31350E842C6817E146F73A73_small.jpg)
How fed up farmers started the only government-run bank in the US
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Why pizza costs more in Iceland and other listener questions
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The echo of the bison
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Metals, government debt, and a climate lawsuit
![The Indicator from Planet Money](https://podmestorage.blob.core.windows.net/podcast-images/1B58CAE5A396A59A53A40393A70255EA_small.jpg)
When mortgage rates are too low to give up
![The Indicator from Planet Money](https://podmestorage.blob.core.windows.net/podcast-images/88C2F3F0D2AE4FAEC86D52EB079636D1_small.jpg)
How Yellow wound up in the red
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Is math real? And other existential questions
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Breaking up big business is hard to do
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Tale as old as time: Indicators of the Week
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Is this a bank?
![The Indicator from Planet Money](https://podmestorage.blob.core.windows.net/podcast-images/2C959A20E1B5A1E257BDB6DC222FF22C_small.jpg)
A night at the museum of the economy
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Return of the crab twins
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What could break next?
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Farm Jobs Friday
![The Indicator from Planet Money](https://podmestorage.blob.core.windows.net/podcast-images/FF90694FBEED27AB8AF62821AE05D198_small.jpg)
The life and death spirals of social networks
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Fitch, please! Why Fitch lowered the US credit rating
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When remote work works and when it doesn't
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An economic argument for heat safety regulation (Encore)
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IRS, Ivies and GDP
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Why residuals are taking center stage in actors' strike
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Hiking the last mile on inflation
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Women's labor comeback
![The Indicator from Planet Money](https://podmestorage.blob.core.windows.net/podcast-images/EBA732B31E1ED214409775A3F47A8ADF_small.jpg)
A lesson in Barbie labor economics
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Trucks, transfers and trolls
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A first-class postal economics primer
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A former teen idol takes on crypto
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Boats, bikes and the Beigies
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How Asimov's 'Foundation' has inspired economists
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@Threads, @Nasdaq, @Bank of America
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Time to make banks more stressed?
![The Indicator from Planet Money](https://podmestorage.blob.core.windows.net/podcast-images/57B72736312BC4A97E11328CAE4229A1_small.jpg)
What's behind the China deflation scare
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The Indicator Quiz: Jobs and Employment
![The Indicator from Planet Money](https://podmestorage.blob.core.windows.net/podcast-images/E28218B3C5115FD8086549110064A582_small.jpg)
Why government websites and online services are so bad
![The Indicator from Planet Money](https://podmestorage.blob.core.windows.net/podcast-images/42728C5FDA58DD7FDFB6126C67AADB34_small.jpg)
Good jobs Friday
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How Shein became a fast-fashion behemoth
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