The Indicator from Planet Money

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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.

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Spotify recently launched in India, but that path was long and complicated. We take the experience of Spotify and use it as a lens to look at why breaking into India is so difficult.

Spotify's Long, Winding Road To India

2019-03-2500:09:173

The latest edition of "Overrated, Underrated" with economist Tyler Cowen.

Are Neighbors Overrated? (And Other Questions)

2019-03-2200:07:247

All shares of stock are not created equal. Stock can come in different classes now: Class A, Class B. Some of this stock comes with superpowers... and some of it comes with almost no power at all.

Lyft Going Public: The Dual-Class Share Dilemma

2019-03-2100:09:516

Venezuelans are starving because there isn't enough food. But the country has so much fertile land, water, and sunshine — shouldn't it be a farmer's paradise?

Why Are Venezuelans Starving?

2019-03-2000:09:4414

Your average cup of coffee is getting more expensive — but the price for coffee beans is going down. How can that be?

Coffee? Thank U, Next

2019-03-1900:09:5911

Should you take out a student loan? Jill Schlesinger, author of "The Dumb Things Smart People Do With Their Money," does the math.

The Cost Of Student Debt

2019-03-1800:09:5815

The scandal that dominated the news this week involved parents paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to get their kids into the right college. But what is a college degree really worth?

Buying A College Degree: Did Aunt Becky Overpay?

2019-03-1500:09:4311

A lot of money is pouring into the global diamond industry, but demand for diamonds has been less than lustrous of late. But, at the same time, money has been pouring into the industry. Why? We have on our hands – a four carat mystery.

Saying 'I Do' To Lab-Grown Diamonds

2019-03-1400:09:579

Economics looks at how we make decisions in a world of scarce resources. What happens when the scarce resource is our attention?

The Economy Inside Your Head

2019-03-1300:09:4919

Dollar stores thrived during the economic downturn--opening thousands of locations across the country. They were recession-proof...but are they recovery-proof?

A Tale Of Two Dollar Stores

2019-03-1200:09:5810

Comments (36)

Joshua Davis

thank you

Mar 21st

Antonio Andrade

wow, thanks for sharing that's going on at Venezuela

Aidan Gardiner

there's plenty of proof that "other variables" are responsible for the wage gap. there's little evidence that "discrimination" is responsible for the wage gap, don't just throw it out there as fact when research can't prove it. listen to the freakonomics episode: "what Uber can teach us about the gender wage gap"

Mar 9th

Lee Greathouse

I'm a male social worker and I've always worked in a female dominated environment. It's been a frequent topic of conversation in my office, but as one of 10 men in an office of 200 people it's something I've never felt comfortable talking about and it definitely creates an uncomfortable culture for those in the minority; I'm sure it's the same for women in male dominated environments.

Cory Lutz

Forget spotify, I use castbox and google pkay. Spotify took too long to join the podcast world. Am I right?

Mar 6th

Ryan

And this is why you hold Bitcoin.

Mar 1st

Jeff Greenert

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Feb 23rd

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Jan 12th

G Scott

the workplace ghosting thing is definitely in full effect in this job market. Seen many of my fellow coworkers do this over the past 2yrs

Dec 20th

Abhishek Banerjee

Still not easy to switch jobs

Nov 16th

Bill Slikkerveer

Defined Benefits plans are expensive usually because Companies would use unrealistic earnings assumptions as well as using discount rates that were high driving the Liability lower. Finally under Federal law Companies are only required to fund the "minimum" which depending on the above assumptions generally resulted in a zero or close to zero required contribution. If this is done over many years, it is almost a certainty the Plan will be underfunded. My experience in this comes as a Union Treasurer for a Union at a major airline that eventually made a trip through Bankruptcy and attempted to Terminate the Plan unsuccessfully. Other airline pensions we're not so fortunate.

Nov 10th

Jason D'Cruz

good episode

Nov 1st

Ben Davis

Sounds like a scripted interview to me.

Erin Maloney

Thoroughly enjoying this podcast. Want to clarify from Tears for Sears podcast that Amazon cannot get products everywhere in the US in 2 days. Living in a small city of 35,000 it takes 4-5 days for us to get Amazon packages.

Oct 25th

Zach G

10/10 for the title alone

Oct 19th

China and trust 😂

Oct 18th

Howard Haynes

Have you guys seen the website www.mylife.com 🤔

Oct 17th

ProudtoDeath

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Oct 11th

Eternity

Stop the annoying sound effects

Sep 7th

derpin'

I lost my job to a woman. They told me they could save a lot by hiring her over keeping me. WE NEED EQUAL PROTECTION AGAINST WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE NOW!!!

Sep 4th

Christina Coleman

derpin' against? it sounds like the pay gap actually ELIMINATED your job because they knew they could offer a woman less money for the same/better work. wage equality benefits both men & women, not to mention our children!

Nov 2nd