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The podcast episode, "Economics Terms Corrupted by Politics," discusses the term "Marxism," which Republican politicians have recently used. Hosts Adrian Ma and Patty Hirsch, along with political science professor Jennifer Nicol Victor, explain that Marxism refers to Karl Marx's theories, primarily critiquing capitalis...
This podcast episode of "The Indicator from Planet Money" explores a paradox in Silicon Valley: a surge of AI investment alongside job scarcity for young tech workers. Host Darian Woods interviews tech writer Jasmine Sun, who discusses a new "dialect" among Bay Area tech workers reflecting a "dog-eat-dog mindset." Sun ...
This episode of "The Indicator from Planet Money" features co-hosts Wailin Wong, Adrian Ma, and Darian Woods discussing three "Indicators of the Week." Darian Woods presents "30%," representing Amazon Web Services' global internet hosting share, and discusses a recent outage and its minimal financial impact on Amazon. ...
The podcast discusses the economics of concert ticket pricing, highlighting the frustration of artists, fans, and venue owners with rising costs and ticket reselling bots. It features Molly Obomsawin, an artist concerned about ticket affordability, and Live Nation CEO Michael Rapinoe, who believes tickets are underpric...
The Indicator from Planet Money discusses the growing local opposition to data centers, driven by concerns over water usage, lack of community benefits, and potential financial risks to residents. The episode highlights a planning commission meeting in Pavilion Township, Michigan, where residents voiced strong oppositi...
The podcast discusses the tradition of quarterly earnings calls in corporate America, where public companies report their financial results. It highlights the standardized nature of these calls and the common use of phrases like "give us some color." The hosts then delve into the debate surrounding the frequency of the...
This podcast episode from "The Indicator from Planet Money" discusses the Economics Nobel Prize awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aillon, and Peter Howart for their work on growth and innovation, focusing specifically on Mokyr's economic history of the European Enlightenment. The hosts, Darian Woods and Greg Wrozowski, e...
This episode of "The Indicator from Planet Money" features co-hosts Wailin Wong, Adrian Ma, and Darian Woods discussing "Indicators of the Week." Darian Woods presents an indicator of 37, highlighting that for every infrastructure dollar affected in Republican districts, $37 is frozen or canceled in Democratic district...
The podcast discusses the recent surge in gargantuan AI deals, particularly those involving OpenAI, such as a $300 billion deal with Oracle for computing power and a $100 billion investment from Nvidia. The hosts, Darian Woods and Wailin Wong, explore the implications of these massive investments, highlighting the rapi...
The podcast episode discusses the emergence of a multi-billion dollar industry focused on school safety products in response to the increasing number of school shootings since Columbine in 1999. It highlights various products available, from bulletproof whiteboards and drones designed to incapacitate shooters to panic ...
This episode of The Indicator from Planet Money discusses the work of economic historians Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aillon, and Peter Howart, who received the Economics Nobel for their research on growth and innovation. The episode focuses on Joel Mokyr's economic history of the European Enlightenment, explaining how the in...
The hosts of Planet Money's "The Indicator" podcast, Darian Woods, Wailin Wong, and Adrian Ma, discuss their favorite pieces of true crime content and relate them to economic principles as the final installment of their week-long Vice series. Darian shares the podcast "Scam Inc." about pig butchering scams, Wailin disc...
The podcast episode, "The Indicator from Planet Money," discusses the evolving issue of AI-enabled market manipulation. Co-hosts Adrian Ma and Weilin Wang, along with guests Nicole Turner-Lee from the Brookings Institution and finance professors Ekaterina Svetlova and Itai Goldstein, explore how AI can be used by human...
This episode of The Indicator from Planet Money discusses the evolving business of crime, focusing on how Mexican cartels are diversifying their operations beyond drugs into areas like wildlife trafficking, leading to "narco-degradation." The hosts, Adrian Ma and Wailin Wong, explain how cartels like Jalisco have adopt...
This episode of The Indicator from Planet Money delves into the escalating business of data breaches and cybercrime. Cooper Katz McKim and Waylon Wong discuss the dark web and the increasing accessibility of cybercrime due to AI and the franchising of hacking tools. They highlight how cybercriminals are outpacing cyber...
This episode of The Indicator from Planet Money focuses on the rise of AI voice cloning and its use in scams, highlighting the financial industry's vulnerability. It details how banks are being targeted and the methods they are employing to defend against these deepfakes, including the use of AI detection software like...
The podcast uses a dramatic, noir-style narrative to introduce a series of episodes from "The Indicator from Planet Money" that will focus on the evolving business of crime. The narrative features a detective, Billy Hull, who is approached by someone in trouble with the mob over a "numbers racket." The dialogue contras...
The Indicator from Planet Money discusses the unusual Jobs Friday due to a federal government shutdown, leading to reliance on alternative data sources like ADP and Revelio Labs. These sources indicate a potentially shaky job market with regional disparities, such as job gains in California and losses in Texas. The epi...
This podcast episode from "The Indicator from Planet Money" discusses the concept of crony capitalism, defined as businesses succeeding or failing based on their connections to politicians rather than merit. The hosts, Darian Woods and Adrian Ma, explore how this phenomenon, initially coined to describe the Filipino go...
The podcast episode, featuring hosts Adrian Ma, Darian Woods, and Waylon Wong, begins by acknowledging that it is NPR's first day without federal funding in over 50 years, with Darian Woods expressing pride in NPR's role. The main segment, hosted by Darian Woods and guest Ricky Mulvey, delves into the recent surge in g...
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